Nutri-Metics Intern., Inc. v. Carrington Laboratories, Inc.

981 F.2d 1259 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. NUTRI-METICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, and Mulford J. Nobbs, Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. CARRINGTON LABORATORIES, INC., a Texas corporation; Clinton H. Howard, Defendants, and Gigi Enterprises, Inc., a Texas corporation; Bea Behring; Ramona Pollock; Art Benson, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees. No. 89-56253. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1992. Decided Dec. 22, 1992. Before POOLE, WIGGINS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Nutri-Metics International, Inc. ("Nutri-Metics"), a company engaged in the direct sales of skin care products, and its President, Mulford J. Nobbs, appeal a jury verdict in favor of Gigi Enterprises ("Gigi"), Bea Behring, and Ramona Pollock. Shortly after Nutri-Metics had purchased a direct sales skin care business, Avacare, from Carrington Laboratories, Inc.…