ACRES BONUSING, INC v. MARSTON

No. 20-15959.

17 F.4th 901 (2021)

ACRES BONUSING, INC; James Raymond Acres, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lester John MARSTON; Rapport and Marston, an association of attorneys; David Joseph Rapport; Cooper DeMarse; Ashley Burrell; Kostan Lathouris; Boutin Jones, a California corporation; Michael E. Chase; Daniel Stouder; Amy O'Neill; Amelia F. Burroughs; Meghan Yarnall; Arla Ramsey; Anita Huff; Thomas Frank; Janssen Malloy LLP, an association of attorneys; Darcy Vaughn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Acres (argued), Encinitas, California, pro se Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ronald H. Blumberg , Solana Beach, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant Acres Bonusing, Inc.

George Forman (argued), Jay B. Shapiro , Margaret C. Rosenfeld , Forman & Associates, San Rafael, California; Allison Lenore Jones , Gordon & Rees, LLP, San Diego, California; for Defendants-Appellees Lester Marston, Arla Ramsey, Thomas Frank, Anita Huff, "Rapport and Marston," David Rapport, Cooper DeMarse, Darcy Vaughn, Ashley Burrell and Kostan Lathouris.

Debra Steel Sturmer (argued), Jerome N. Lerch , Sara P. Douglass , Lerch Sturmer LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Boutin Jones Inc., Michael Chase, Daniel Stouder and Amy O'Neill.

Howard Smith (argued), Berman Berman Berman Schneider & Lowary, LLP, Los Angeles, California, Appellees-Defendants Janssen Malloy LLP, Megan Yarnall and Amelia Burroughs.

Concurrence by Judge FEINERMAN


OPINION

Blue Lake Rancheria, a federally recognized Tribal Nation, sued Acres Bonusing, Inc. ("ABI") and James Acres, ABI's owner, in Blue Lake Tribal Court over a business dispute involving a casino gaming system. Acres and his company prevailed. Unsatisfied, they then sued in federal court nearly everyone involved...

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