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IN RE FOCUS MEDIA INC.

No. 03-55858.

387 F.3d 1077 (2004)

In re FOCUS MEDIA INC., Debtor, Thomas E. Rubin, Appellant, v. John P. Pringle, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 2, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie M. McCoy, Newport Beach, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Peter C. Anderson, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: THOMPSON, SILVERMAN, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.

We hold today that in an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court, a lawyer can be deemed to be the client's implied agent to receive service of process when the lawyer repeatedly represented that client in the underlying bankruptcy case, and where the totality of the circumstances demonstrates the intent of the client to convey such authority. We also hold that Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo, S.A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc.,

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