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AHANCHIAN v. XENON PICTURES, INC.

Nos. 08-56667, 08-56906.

624 F.3d 1253 (2010)

Amir Cyrus AHANCHIAN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. XENON PICTURES, INC., a Delaware corporation; CKrush, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Sam Maccarone, an individual; Preston Lacy, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Amir Cyrus Ahanchian, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., a California corporation; CKrush Inc., a Delaware corporation; Sam Maccarone, an individual; Preston Lacy, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery J. Daar , Daar & Newman, PC, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant, Amir Cyrus Ahanchian.

Leonard S. Machtinger , Kenoff & Machtinger, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Richard L. Charnley , Terry Anastassiou and Ernest E. Price , Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, & Bentley, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, KIM McLANE WARDLAW and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Procedure "is a means to an end, not an end in itself—the `handmaid rather than the mistress' of justice." Charles E. Clark, History, Systems and Functions of Pleading, 11 Va. L.Rev. 517, 542 (1925). While district courts enjoy a wide latitude of discretion in case management, this discretion is circumscribed by the courts' overriding obligation to construe and administer...

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