ORION TIRE CORP. v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 99-56639.

268 F.3d 1133 (2001)

ORION TIRE CORPORATION, a California corporation; China Tire Holdings Limited, a Bermuda corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, INC.; Goodyear International Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger E. Zuckerman, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, D.C., Peter J. McNulty, Law Offices of Peter J. McNulty, Bel Air, CA, Fred M. Isaacs, Follansbee & Associates, Wilsonville, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles A. Gilman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, New York and David T. Biderman, Perkins Coie, Santa Monica, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Thomas G. Nelson and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted February 12, 2001 — Pasadena, California.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Orion Tire Corp. ("Orion") and China Tire Holdings Ltd. ("CTHL") appeal the district court's (i) dismissal of CTHL's RICO claim for failure to state a claim under Chinese law; (ii) dismissal of CTHL's trade libel and defamation claims on grounds of forum non conveniens; and (iii) grant of summary judgment to defendants on Orion's claims of trade libel...

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