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LAHIRI v. UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION

No. 09-55111.

606 F.3d 1216 (2010)

Bappi LAHIRI, an individual; Saregama India Limited, Plaintiffs, Anthony Kornarens, Esquire, Movant-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; Interscope Records, a corporation; Aftermath Records, a business entity form unknown; Andre Ramelle Young, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis A. Cole, Matthew Levinson, Cole Pedroza, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for the movant-appellant.

Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey D. Goldman, Loeb & Loeb, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before HARRY PREGERSON and ROBERT R. BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and SUZANNE B. CONLON, District Judge.

CONLON, District Judge:

Anthony Kornarens is an attorney specializing in copyright law. Kornarens was severely sanctioned by the district court for his five-year bad faith pursuit of a frivolous copyright infringement claim. In its 21-page order, the district court awarded defendants $247,397.28 in attorneys' fees and $10,808.76 in costs, under 28 U.S.C. § 19271 and the court's inherent sanctioning power. Kornarens appeals, contending...

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