KOCH v. HANKINS

No. 92-15302.

8 F.3d 650 (1993)

Floyd KOCH; Janice Koch; William Lowe; Phyllis Lowe; Colin Wong; Mark Burr; Suzanne Borges; Herman Duran; Walter Hashimoto; Shoge Kimura; Hercules Fini; Damien Chang; Ken Takeda; Bill Parrish; Ken Kemp; James Fong; Yui Lee Fong; F. Allen Whitaker; Bob Lugg; Joe Kimura; Beverly Chinn; Harold Chew; Ken Lee; Charles Di Bari; Russell Di Bari; Richard Plasch; Eddon Duran; Rock Koch; William J. Bace; Don Nusbaum; Warren J. Davis; Larry Peterson; Barbara Peterson; George Riley; Harold Hester; Patricia Hester; Jack Isaacs; Robert Chisholm; Forrest Cioppa; Roy Fong; Alan Joe; Virginia Joe; Henry Nigro; James Ford; James Chen; Robert Lee; James Lau; Morris Fowler; Kalvin Hara; Kay Hara; Chris Hara; Frank Ducato; Winston Yee; Allen Tusting; Marcia Tusting; Enrique Agorio; Inger Agorio; Lilia Buck; Stephen Buck; Ue Ching Ow; Pat Ow; Edward Chan; Pat Chan; Pak Tong Yee; Marshall I. Rothstein; Francoise Rothstein; Tom Drake; F.K. Chin; Sandra Chin; Hayden Evans; Arlene Evans; Phillip Lucas; William Jagger; Delores Jagger; Howard Schwat; Robert I. Longstreth; Barbara J. Longstreth; Jerry Vonder Ahe; William Wong; Doreen Wong; Carl Chen; Ben Hara; Helen Hara; Blair Anderson; John Dailley; Sarah Dailley; Fred Drew; Ruth Drew; Terry Kessler; Leland Smith; Helene Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward J. HANKINS; Robert Chew; Beverly A. Chew; Rodney Chew; Linda A. Chew; Audrey A. Hankins; Carla Patterson; Terry J. Hankins; Bradley L. Hankins; Kerdie J. Hawks; Dean K. Hawks; Rodlin Enterprises, Inc.; Carlon Properties Inc.; Kean Financial Corp.; Buckingham Financial Corp.; Sentinel Financial Corp.; Citadel Financial Corp.; Johnson, Hankins, MacDonald, Kimball & Co.; Glenn MacDonald; Richard Clews; Don Kimball; Maxus Management Group, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Zusman, Wilson, Ryan & Campilongo, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Montie S. Day and Christine Papanicolaou, Day Law Corp., Oakland, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CHOY, HUG, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants voluntarily dismissed this action in the district court pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 41(a)(2). They appeal the district court's order taxing $32,440.95 in costs against them. We reverse the district court's judgment and remand for findings as to which costs arose from the preparation of work product rendered useless by the dismissal of this action, and which resulted from the preparation of work product which may be useful in pending...

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