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QUANTA COMPUTER, INC. v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

No. 06-937.

128 S.Ct. 2109 (2008)

553 U.S. 617

170 L.Ed.2d 996

QUANTA COMPUTER, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen E. Mahoney , Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Thomas G. Hungar , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Terrence D. Garnett , Vincent K. Yip , Peter Wied , Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Maureen E. Mahoney , Counsel of Record, J. Scott Ballenger , Barry J. Blonien , Melissa B. Arbus , Anne W. Robinson , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., Maxwell A. Fox , Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, for Petitioners.

Carter G. Phillips , Counsel of Record, Virginia A. Seitz , Jeffrey T. Green , Jeffrey P. Kushan , Rachel H. Townsend , Quin M. Sorenson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

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