United States v. 2010-12-15 | 08-71719 | AREL PRICE V. STEVEDORING SERVICES OF AMERIC | precedential…

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 SHAWN SAMSON; JACK KASHANI, No. 09-55835 Plaintiffs-Appellants,
D.C. No. v.  2:09-cv-01433-
NAMA HOLDINGS, LLC, MMM-PJW
Defendant-Appellee. 
 SHAWN SAMSON; JACK KASHANI, No. 09-56394
Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No.
v. 2:09-cv-01433-  MMM-PJWNAMA HOLDINGS, LLC,
Defendant-Appellee. ORDER
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 6, 2010*
Pasadena, California
Filed December 15, 2010
Before: Stephen S. Trott and Kim McLane Wardlaw,
Circuit Judges, and Rudi M. Brewster,
Senior District Judge.**
*The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
**The Honorable Rudi M. Brewster, Senior United States District
Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.
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COUNSEL
Roger J. Magnuson, Kent J. Schmidt, Dorsey & Whitney
LLP, Irvine, CA; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel
Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, New York, NY; Richard A.
Schirtzer, Susan R. Estrich, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver
& Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Shawn Samson
and Jack Kashani.
Howard J. Rubinroit, Ronald C. Cohen, James M. Harris, Sid-
ley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for NAMA Hold-
ings, LLC.
ORDER
As to Appeal No. 09-55835, we affirm for the reasons
stated by the district court in its May 20, 2009 Order Denying
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Arbitration. Appeal No. 09-
56394, challenging the district court’s award of prevailing
party attorneys’ fees to Defendant, is therefore moot.
APPEAL NO. 09-55835: AFFIRMED.
APPEAL NO. 09-56394: MOOT.
20092 SAMSON v. NAMA HOLDINGS

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