United States Ninth Circuit

Judgment of the district court holding defendant, a satellite television broadcaster, immune from liability under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine and dismissing plaintiffs' complaint is affirmed since RICO does not unambiguously include defendant's presuit demand letters within the scope of conduct it enjoins.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2005
• Decided 02/15/2006
• Published 02/15/2006

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before FERNANDEZ and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and OWEN PANNER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey Willens, Esq., Yorba Linda, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dale H. Oliver, Los Angeles, CA, argued the case for the defendants-appellees.  Michael E. Williams and A. Eric Bjorgum, Los Angeles, CA, were on the briefs.