United States Ninth Circuit

In a trademark infringement action based on allegedly infringing cigarette packaging being sold on the Internet, an Indian reservation and elsewhere, the District Court's order staying the action in favor of proceedings before a tribal court is reversed where the tribal court did not have colorable jurisdiction over a nonmember's claims for trademark infringement on the Internet and beyond the Indian reservation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/10/2007
• Decided 06/11/2009
• Published 06/11/2009

Judges

• Before:  MELVIN BRUNETTI, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel P. Collins (argued), Kelly M. Klaus, Adam B. Badwai, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  Roberta L. Horton, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC;  Leslie R. Weatherhead, William M. Symmes, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Michael Keyes, Theresa L. Keyes, and Bart J. Freedman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Spokane, WA, for the defendants-appellees.