SARGON ENTERPRISES, INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

No. S191550.

55 Cal.4th 747 (2012)

149 Cal. Rptr. 3d 614

288 P.3d 1237

SARGON ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

November 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Browne George Ross, Brown Woods George , Allan Browne , Eric M. George , Benjamin D. Scheibe , Ira Bibbero ; Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser , Elizabeth G. Chilton and Andrew Baum for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Kathleen M. Sullivan , Daniel H. Bromberg , John B. Quinn , Michael E. Williams and Michael T. Lifrak for Defendants and Appellants.

Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole and Cassidy E. Cole for California Medical Association, California Hospital Association and California Dental Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Daniel J. Popeo , Richard A. Samp ; Bergeson and Mark E. Foster for Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for Actelion Pharmaceuticals U.S. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Ada Meloy ; Hogan Lovells US, Michael Shepard , Martin Michaelson , Alexander Dreier and David Ginn for American Council on Education and other Higher Education Associations and Institutions as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Thomas M. Peterson and Benjamin P. Smith for Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

A small dental implant company that had net profits of $101,000 in 1998 has sued a university for breach of a contract for the university to clinically test a new implant the company had patented. The company seeks damages for lost profits beginning in 1998, ranging from $200 million to over $1 billion. It claims that, but for the university's breach of the contract, the company would have become a worldwide leader...

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