LAWRENCE B. LOCKWOOD and PANIP, LLC v. SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON, LLP, JONATHAN HANGARTNER, and STEVE P. HASSID

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LAWRENCE B. LOCKWOOD
and PANIP, LLC,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON,
LLP, JONATHAN HANGARTNER, and
STEVE P. HASSID,
Defendants-Appellees.
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2010-1189
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Central District of California in Case No. 09-CV-5157,
Judge John F. Walter.
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JUDGMENT
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K ATHRYN L. BOYD , Howarth & Smith, of Los Angeles,
California, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With her on
the brief was DON H OWARTH .
G ARY A. CLARK , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton, LLP, of Los Angeles, California, argued for

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defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were D ARREN
M. FRANKLIN and D ENNIS J. SMITH .
ANDRE M. M URA, Center for Constitutional Litigation,
P.C., of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae the TPL
Group.
D AVID H RICIK , Mercer University School Law, of
Macon, Georgia, for amicus curiae Amici Law Professors.
M ARGARET M. G RIGNON , Reed Smith LLP, Of Los
Angeles, California, for amicus curiae NDP Managed
Security. With her on the brief was JUDITH E. POSNER.
BRIAN M. BERLINER, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, of Los
Angeles, California, for amicus curiae O,Melveny & Myers
LLP. With him on the brief were JOSHUA BILLER ; and
M ARK S. D AVIES and M EAGHAN M CLAINE VERGOW, of
Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED :
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN , PLAGER, and PROST, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
_November 15, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk

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