GENERAL UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS, INC. v. HAL, INC.

No. 05-21015.

500 F.3d 444 (2007)

GENERAL UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS, INC.; World Trade Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Jose S. Lopez, Plaintiff-Intervenor Defendant-Appellant, Eli Nassar, Third Party Defendant-Appellant, v. HAL, INC.; et al., Defendants, HAL, Inc.; Joe R. Herrin; Ernest Allen Parkin, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, Panalpina, Inc.; Fritz Companies, Inc.; Global Southport Services, Inc.; United States Crating, Inc.; Transworld Logistics, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Larry Mason Lee; Larry Mason Lee & Associates, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ken Johnson, Fleming & Associates, Claudia Wilson Frost, Jeremy Gaston (argued), Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX, for General Universal Systems, Inc., World Trade Systems, Inc., Jose S. Lopez and Eli Nassar.

Mark C. Harwell (argued), Cotham, Harwell & Evans, Houston, TX, for HAL, Inc., Joe R. Herrin and Ernest Allen Parkin.

Daryl G. Dursum, Adams & Reese, Houston, TX, for HAL, Inc., Joe R. Herrin, Ernest Allen Parkin, Panalpina, Inc., Fritz Companies, Inc., United States Crating, Inc. and Transworld Logistics, Inc.

William Samuel Chesney, III, Frank, Elmore, Lievens, Chesney & Turet, Houston, TX, for Larry Mason Lee and Larry Mason Lee & Associates.

Before REAVLEY, GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

General Universal Systems, Inc. ("GUS") originally sued HAL, Inc. ("HAL"), Joseph Herrin, and Ernest Allen Parkin ("HAL Defendants") for numerous state and federal claims for stealing proprietary software. GUS also sued a number of companies ("Customer Defendants") to which HAL licensed the software program. We previously ruled on this case in General Universal Systems v. Lee, 379 F.3d 131 (5th...

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