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BV ENGINEERING v. UNIV. OF CAL., LOS ANGELES

No. 87-5920.

858 F.2d 1394 (1988)

BV ENGINEERING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Ladra, Nina F. Locker, Leo P. Cunningham, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Holst, George L. Marchand, Allen B. Wagner, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Peter L. Felcher, Steven B. Rosenfeld, Marjorie L. Van Dercook, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, Los Angeles, Cal., Michael A. Cardozo, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, for amici curiae.

Before PREGERSON, WIGGINS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

BV Engineering sued the University of California, Los Angeles for copyright infringement. The district court granted summary judgment against BV Engineering on the ground that the eleventh amendment bars actions against the University of California under the Copyright Act of 1976. We affirm.

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BV Engineering ("BV") creates and sells computer programs. In 1986, the University of California, Los Angeles ("the University")...

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