United States Ninth Circuit

In an action brought by plaintiffs, whose securities were lost to escheat, seeking to enjoin the escheating of property without written notice calculated to be received by the owner, denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is reversed and remanded where: 1) contrary to the ruling below, plaintiffs had standing to pursue injunctive relief; and 2) plaintiffs were entitled to a preliminary injunction based on a combination of their probable success on the merits and the possibility of irreparable injury.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/31/2006
• Decided 05/31/2007
• Published 05/31/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before:  ROBERT R. BEEZER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William W. Palmer, Law Office of William W. Palmer, Sacramento, CA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robin B. Johansen, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, San Leandro, CA, for the appellee.