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CHRISTIAN v. MATTEL, INC.

Nos. 00-56194, 00-56579.

286 F.3d 1118 (2002)

Harry R. CHRISTIAN, Plaintiff, v. MATTEL, INC., a corporation; Claudene Christian; Collegiate Doll Company, a sole proprietorship, Defendants-Appellees, James B. Hicks, Esq., Real-party-in-interest-Appellant. James B. Hicks, Esq., Appellant, and Harry R. Christian, an individual, Plaintiff-counter-defendant, v. Mattel, Inc., a corporation, Defendant-cross-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent L. Richland and Jessica M. Weisel, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for the real-party-in-interest-appellant.

Adrian Mary Pruetz, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, McKEOWN, Circuit Judge, and ZILLY, District Judge.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

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