CHoPP COMPUTER CORP. v. U.S.

No. 91-15991.

5 F.3d 1344 (1993)

CHoPP COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC., a British Columbia Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Paine-Webber Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Bisset, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

John D. Giffin, Keesal, Young & Logan, San Francisco, CA, Erik P. Doerring, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CANBY, REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge.

CHoPP Computer Corporation (CHoPP) appeals from the district court's summary judgment in favor of the United States and PaineWebber Incorporated (PaineWebber), in CHoPP's action for damages arising from an alleged wrongful levy of funds contained in a PaineWebber account. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Alex Laurins, a former investment promoter, controlled the PaineWebber account. The competing...

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