Grocery Outlet Inc. v. Albertson's Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 06-16380 ALBERTSON’S INC.; AMERICAN  D.C. No.

STORES COMPANY, LLC; LUCKY CV-06-02173-JSW

STORES, INC.; AMERICAN STORES

COMPANY, LLC,

Defendants-Appellees. 

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 06-16448 ALBERTSON’S INC.; AMERICAN  D.C. No.

CV-06-02173-JSW

STORES COMPANY, LLC; LUCKY

STORES, INC.; AMERICAN STORES OPINION

COMPANY, LLC,

Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed August 9, 2007

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Dorothy W. Nelson, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

9551 9552 GROCERY OUTLET v. ALBERTSON’S Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge Wallace; Concurrence by Judge McKeown GROCERY OUTLET v. ALBERTSON’S 9553

COUNSEL

Peter W. Craigie, Kristen E. Drake, Craigie,…