U.S. CELLULAR INV. CO. v. GTE MOBILNET, INC.

No. 00-56267.

281 F.3d 929 (2002)

UNITED STATES CELLULAR INVESTMENT COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES, INC., Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. GTE MOBILNET, INC., erroneously sued as GTE Wireless Incorporated; Contel Cellular, Inc., erroneously sued as GTE Wireless Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, AirTouch Cellular, Inc., AirTouch Communication, Inc., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Defendant-intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter I. Ostroff, James M. Harris, Los Angeles, CA; Richard J. O'Brien, David B. Johnson, and Kyle D. Rettberg, Chicago, IL; Sidley & Austin, for appellant United States Cellular Investment Company of Los Angeles, Inc.

Barbara Moses, New York, NY; William A. Molinski, and Nada I. Shamonki, Los Angeles, CA; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, for appellee GTE Wireless Incorporated.

Robert M. Westberg, Morgan R. Smock, San Francisco, CA; Alan J. Droste, and Todd G. Friedland, Costa Mesa, CA; Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, for appellees AirTouch Cellular and AirTouch Communications, Inc.

David C. Scheper, Marc S. Harris, John J. Lulejian, Winston & Strawn, Los Angeles, CA; Reid M. Figle, Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; John Thorne, Christopher M. Arfaa, Verizon Communications, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, for appellee Bell Atlantic Corporation.

Before: LEAVY, T.G. NELSON and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

United States Cellular Investment Company of Los Angeles, Inc. ("U.S. Cellular") appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of its partners in a limited partnership and their corporate parents. U.S. Cellular's core allegation is that one of the partners breached the partnership agreement by transferring or assigning its general and limited partnership interests. We agree with...

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