United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal stemming from a state court quiet title action, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims is affirmed, although on different grounds, where two claims were barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, one claim failed on mootness grounds, and another failed based upon res judicata.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2007
• Published 01/16/2007

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before WALLACE, McKEOWN, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Blasco, Hunt, Ortman, Blasco, Palffy & Rossell, Pasadena, CA, and F. Glenn Nichols, Law Offices of F. Glenn Nichols, Pasadena, CA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry R. Edwards, Spiegelman & Edwards, Beverly Hills, CA, for appellees Valley View Development and Marc Gelman., Kathleen V. Gunning and Mary Riche, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC, and Michael H. Bierman, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation., Peter L. Weinberger and A. Douglas Mastroianni, Peter L. Weinberger & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees Michael Blaha and Granada Plaza Associates, Ltd.