United States Ninth Circuit

In a copyright infringement action that Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed, Defendant's appeal from the denial of summary judgment is dismissed, where the appeal was moot because the fact that the resolution of the order might have preclusive effect in another action did not create subject matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2009
• Decided 04/21/2009
• Published 04/21/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Kramer, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued the cause for the defendant-appellant and filed the briefs.   Colleen Bal, Bart E. Volkmer, and Caroline E. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA, were on the briefs., Hal S. Shaftel, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellee.  Francis Pizzulli, Santa Monica, CA, Bert H. Deixler, Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and David Stickney, Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman LLP, San Diego, CA, filed the briefs.