Avel Pty. Ltd. v. Breaks

985 F.2d 571 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. AVEL PTY. LTD., dba General Vending Company, dba Leisure and Allied Industries, a Foreign Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Claim-Defendant-Appellant, v. Shane BREAKS, an individual; Hide Nakajima, an individual, Defendants-Appellees, and Atari Games Corporation, Defendant-Counter-Plaintiff-Appellee. No. 90-16473. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 11, 1992. Decided Jan. 21, 1993. Before ALARCON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Avel Pty. Ltd. (Avel) appeals from the judgment entered following trial by jury in favor of Atari Games Corporation (Atari), Hide Nakajima, and Shane Breaks in this diversity action. The litigation arose out of Avel's claim that Atari had agreed that Avel would be the exclusive distributor of Atari video games in Australia. 3 Avel contends that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to allow Avel to…