Tucker

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ESTATE OF C. DELORES TUCKER, by  and through William Tucker as PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; and WILLIAM TUCKER individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 05-56045 v.  D.C. No.

INTERSCOPE RECORDS, INC.; DEATH CV-99-03679-RMT

ROW RECORDS, INC.; CHARLES B.

ORTNER; PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY

& WALKER, LLP, Defendants-Appellees. 

ESTATE OF C. DELORES TUCKER, by  and through William Tucker as PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; and No. 06-55376 WILLIAM TUCKER individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants,  D.C. No.

CV-99-06129-RMT

v.

OPINION

DAVID KENNER; GEOFFREY THOMAS;

JACK PALADINO; PAUL PALADINO,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Robert M. Takasugi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 11, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed February 8, 2008

1787 1788 ESTATE OF TUCKER v. INTERSCOPE RECORDS Before: John T. Noonan, Richard A. Paez, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Noonan ESTATE OF TUCKER v.…