United States Ninth Circuit

The appropriate standard for determining ripeness of private party contract disputes is the traditional ripeness standard, namely, whether "there is a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment."

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2004
• Decided 01/06/2005
• Published 01/06/2005

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before TROTT, KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, Senior Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• G. Frank Hammond, Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lainie Block, Larkins Vacura LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees.