DE FONTBRUNE v. WOFSY

No. 19-16913, No. 19-17024.

39 F.4th 1214 (2022)

Vincent Sicre DE FONTBRUNE; Loan Sicre De Fontbrune; Adel Sicre De Fontbrune; Anais Sicre De Fontbrune, in their capacity as personal representatives of the Estate of Yves Sicre De Fontbrune, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Alan WOFSY; Alan Wofsy & Associates, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Mooney (argued), RJM Litigation Group, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Neil A.F. Popović (argued), Jonathan G. Borle , and Matthew G. Halgren , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Kathryn C. Thornton (argued), Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, D.C.; Marta F. Belcher , James R. Batchelder , and Monica A. Ortel , Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, California; Corynne McSherry , Mitchell Stoltz , and Alexandra Moss , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California; Robert S. Adams IV and Avery Gardiner , Center for Democracy & Technology, Washington, D.C.; John Bergmayer , Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Public Knowledge.

Before: Andrew D. Hurwitz and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Joan N. Ericksen, District Judge.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Yves Sicre de Fontbrune brought this action in California state court seeking recognition of a French money judgment. The French judgment found that Defendants, Alan Wofsy and Alan Wofsy & Associates (collectively, "Wofsy"), had violated an astreinte—a French legal...

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