KLING v. HALLMARK CARDS INC.

No. 99-55222.

225 F.3d 1030 (2000)

Mary J. KLING, an individual, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. HALLMARK CARDS INC., a Missouri corporation; Mattel, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees, DIC Animation City Inc., f/k/a/ Live Film and Mediaworks, Inc., Defendant-cross-defendant-Appellee, United Feature Syndicate Inc., Defendant-counter-claimant-cross-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Bierman and Jeffrey D. Wexler, Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Adrian Mary Pruetz, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: REINHARDT, PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and DWYER, District Judge.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

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