Transworld Airlines, Inc. v. American Coupon Exchange, Inc.

913 F.2d 676 59 USLW 2169 , 1990-2 Trade Cases 69,170 TRANSWORLD AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. AMERICAN COUPON EXCHANGE, INC. and Neil Weisman, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. No. 88-5888. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 1988. Decided Aug. 30, 1990. Marshall B. Grossman, Frank Kaplan, Linda Sutton, Craig A. Corman, Alschuler, Grossman & Pines, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-counter-claimants-appellants. James M. Derr, Belcher, Henzie & Bieganzahn, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before REINHARDT and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and COYLE, * District Judge. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants American Coupon Exchange ("ACE") and ACE's principal, Neil Weisman, 1 appeal from a permanent injunction prohibiting them from brokering "frequent flyer" coupons awarded by TransWorld Airlines, Inc. ("TWA"). In connection with that appeal, ACE also asks us to reverse the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of TWA on several other matters: first, the airline's claim for…