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BENNETT v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. 01-55966.

285 F.3d 801 (2002)

Rufus L. BENNETT; Keith Valentine; Patrick Miles, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., a Minnesota corporation; Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 27, 2002.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Z. Pentelovitch (argued), Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN; James C. Martin, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Craig E. Hunsaker, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to address the scope of the Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2283, in the context of a district court order restraining the parties from seeking to enforce non-compete agreements in state court. The Anti-Injunction Act prohibits a federal court from enjoining state court proceedings except "as expressly authorized by ... Congress, or where necessary in aid...

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