Eastwest United Group, Inc. v. Bell Flavors and Fragrances, I

FILED

JUL 15 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

NOT FOR PUBLICATION U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EASTWEST UNITED GROUP, INC., No. 10-55256

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-04677-SJO (RC)

v.

MEMORANDUM*

BELL FLAVORS AND

FRAGRANCES, INC.,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 9, 2011** Pasadena, California

*

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. **

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, and IKUTA, Circuit Judge, and PIERSOL, Senior District Judge.***

The district court did not err in determining that Bell Flavors is not the

alter ego of West Grand Companies. First, Eastwest failed to show that

there was such a “unity of interest and ownership” between the companies

that their “separate personalities” ceased to exist. Mid-Century Ins. Co. v.

Gardner, 9…