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GRAHAM-SULT v. CLAINOS

Nos. 11-16779, 12-15892.

738 F.3d 1131 (2013)

Alexander GRAHAM-SULT; David Graham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nicholas P. CLAINOS; Richard L. Greene; Linda McCall; Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, a limited liability partnership; Bill Graham Archives LLC, dba Wolfgang's Vault; Norton LLC, a limited liability company; William E. Sagan, Defendants-Appellees. Alexander Graham-Sult; David Graham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nicholas P. Clainos; Richard L. Greene; Linda McCall; Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, a limited liability partnership; Bill Graham.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Brosnahan (argued) and Kevin A. Calia , Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA; Therese Y. Cannata , Carolyn A. Johnston and Rachel L. Kent , Cannata, Ching & O'Toole, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Nancy L. Tompkins (argued), James M. Wagstaffe and Ivo Labar , Kerr & Wagstaffe, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Nicholas P. Clainos.

Jerome B. Falk, Jr. (argued) and Jonathan W. Hughes , Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, CA; Ronald E. Mallen and Cassidy E. Chivers , Hinshaw & Culbertson, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, and Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP.

Thomas Patrick Lane (argued) and Michael S. Elkin , Winston & Strawn, New York, NY; Erin R. Ranahan and Drew A. Robertson , Winston & Strawn, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Bill Graham Archives LLC DBA Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC, and William Sagan.

Before: ALFRED T. GOODWIN, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Alexander Graham-Sult and David Graham appeal the district court's disposition of: (1) a motion to dismiss; (2) a special motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute; and (3) related attorney's fees awards.

We affirm the disposition of the motion to strike in part and reverse in part. Striking Plaintiffs' conversion and unjust enrichment claims against Nicholas Clainos was erroneous, because...

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