YETI BY MOLLY, LTD. v. DECKERS OUTDOOR

Nos. 99-36112, 99-36132

259 F.3d 1101 (2001)

Yeti by Molly Ltd, a Montana corporation; Molly Strong-Butts, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation; James E. Granville, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Lerner, Kalispell, Montana for the Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Ward E. Taleff, Alexander, Baucus, Taleff & Paul, Great Falls, Montana for the Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, California for the Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

A. Barry Cappello, Cappello & McCann, Santa Barbara, California for the Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

William O. Bronson, Great Falls, Montana for the Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

William E. Ireland, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, California for the Defendants-Appellants-Crossappellees.

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Melvin Brunetti, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted June 14, 2001 — Seattle, Washington

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, plaintiffs claim that defendants misappropriated their trade secrets in the design elements of a boot. Following a ten-day trial, a jury returned several verdicts against one of the defendants, Deckers Outdoor Corporation ("Deckers"), and awarded almost $2 million in compensatory damages. Deckers appeals, asserting that many of the jury's verdicts...

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