David A. Tropp v. Conair Corporation, L.c. Industries, LLC, Master Lock Company LLC, Samsonite…

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DAVID A. TROPP,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CONAIR CORPORATION, L.C. INDUSTRIES, LLC,
MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC, SAMSONITE
CORPORATION, TRAVELPRO INTERNATIONAL
INC., AND TRG ACCESSORIES, LLC,
Defendants-Appellants,
AND
BRIGGS & RILEY TRAVELWARE LLC,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
EAGLE CREEK, A DIVISION OF VF OUTDOOR,
INC., BROOKSTONE COMPANY, INC., AND
BROOKSTONE STORES, INC.,
Defendants-Appellants,
AND
DELSEY LUGGAGE INC.,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
EBAGS, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
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DAVID TROPP v. CONAIR CORPORATION 2
MAGELLAN’S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
TUMI, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
WORDLOCK, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant,
AND
OUTPAC DESIGNS INC., HP MARKETING CORP.
LTD., AND TITAN LUGGAGE USA,
Defendants.
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2012-1337
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of New York in No. 08-CV-4446, Judge
Eric N. Vitaliano.
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ON MOTION
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Before D YK, P ROST and O’MALLEY , Circuit Judges.
P ROST , Circuit Judge.
O R D E R
The parties jointly submit a letter, which this court
construes as a motion to vacate the district court’s denial
of the appellants’ motion for attorneys’ fees.
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DAVID TROPP v. CONAIR CORPORATION 3
This appeal of a denial of attorneys’ fees, along with
the underlying merits appeal, David Tropp v. Conair
Corp., No. 2011-1583, (“Merits Appeal”), was stayed
pending this court’s decision in Travel Sentry, Inc. v.
David Tropp, Nos. 2011-1023, -1367. Shortly after this
court’s decision in Travel Sentry, the court decided the
Merits Appeal, vacating and remanding the district
court’s judgment. Accordingly, vacatur of the district
court’s denial of attorneys’ fees is also warranted. See
Raytheon Co. v. Indigo Systems Corp., 688 F.3d 1311,
1313 n.1 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
Upon consideration thereof,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The motion to vacate is granted.
(2) All parties shall bear their own costs.
F OR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk
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