Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Metric & Inch Tools, Inc.

PROCEEDINGS: ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT TURBO TEK INT’L, INC.

The hearing on plaintiffs application for right to attach order and writ of attachment against defendant Turbo Tek Int’l, Inc. (“TTI”) was held on April 8, 2009, 614 F.Supp.2d 1056 , 2009 WL 1357207 (C.D.Cal.2009), before Magistrate Judge Rosalyn M. Chapman. Steven A. Browne, attorney-at-law with the law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, appeared on behalf of plaintiff, and Robert A. Cohen, attorney-at-law with the law firm Anker, Reed, Hymes, Schreiber & Cohen, appeared on behalf of defendants.

On April 8, 2009, this Court issued an Order granting plaintiffs application for right to attach order and writ of attachment against defendant Metric and Inch Tools, Inc. (“MI Tools”) and placed plaintiffs application for prejudgment attachment against defendant TTI under submission pending briefing on whether the application should be denied with or without prejudice. On April 21, 2009, plaintiff filed its legal memorandum, and on May 6, 2009, defendants filed their opposing memorandum. After considering these memoranda, the…