Schoeduve Corp. v. Lucent Technologies

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SCHOENDUVE CORPORATION, a  California corporation, No. 04-15529 Petitioner-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV-03-03523-RMW

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a

OPINION

Delaware corporation, Respondent-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 17, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed March 22, 2006

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Sidney R. Thomas, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

3067 3070 SCHOENDUVE CORP. v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES

COUNSEL

Jeffrey K. Riffer, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, Los Angeles, California, for the respondent-appellant.

Jack Russo, Russo & Hale, Palo Alto, California, for the petitioner-appellee. SCHOENDUVE CORP. v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES 3071

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Lucent Technologies (“Lucent”) appeals the district court’s order confirming an arbitration award entered in favor of Schoenduve Corporation (“Schoenduve”). Lucent asks this Court to vacate or modify the…