KINGVISION PAY-PER-VIEW LTD. v. LAKE ALICE BAR

Nos. 96-56737, 96-56498, 97-55770 and 97-55798.

168 F.3d 347 (1999)

KINGVISION PAY-PER-VIEW LTD., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAKE ALICE BAR, also known as Lake Alice Trading Co.; Sidney E. Gent, also known as Edward Gent, an individual; and Debra Rivera, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Kingvision Pay-Per-View Ltd., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chuy's Playroom, also known as Chuy's Play Room and The Bikini Room; and Jesus D. Melendez, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Kingvision Pay-Per-View Ltd., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paradise Bar, also known as Par-A-Dice; and Antonio N. Nunez-Ruiz, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Kingvision Pay-Per-View Ltd., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sports Pub, also known as Wheels & Rudders Sports Pub and Wheels & Rudders Sport's Pub; Terry Labourdette, an individual; and Georgia Labourdette, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent B. Moneymaker, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mickey Walker (argued), Robert C. Chandler (briefed), Chandler & Associates, Riverside, California, for defendants-appellees Lake Alice Bar, etc., et al.

Kenneth I. Gross, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees Chuy's Playroom, aka Chuy's Playroom & The Bikini Room, et al.

Shawn R. Perez, San Clemente, California, for defendants-appellees Sports Pub, aka Wheels & Rudders Sports Pub, et al.

Before: CANBY, NOONAN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

All four of these cases involve claims for damages for broadcasting fights without paying for the right to do so. There are no substantial questions of intellectual property law, though. The issues of substance have to do with relief from default judgments.

Facts.

These four separate cases arise out of prize fights between Mike Tyson and Peter McNeely, Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell "Sweetpea" Whittaker, and others. Don...

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