Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Legal and Professional Publications, Inc. v. Multistate Legal Studies, Inc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Legal and Professional Publications, Inc. v. Multistate Legal Studies, Inc.

26 F.3d 948 1994-1 Trade Cases P 70,617 HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MULTISTATE LEGAL STUDIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant. HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MULTISTATE LEGAL STUDIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 92-56488, 93-55324. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1994. Decided June 8, 1994. Robert Fabrikant, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, CA, for appellant Multistate Legal Studies. Joseph Wheeler, Kenneth M. Fitzgerald and Roman Lifson, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA, for appellee Harcourt Brace. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before: HUG, WIGGINS, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge NOONAN. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 In these consolidated appeals Multistate Legal Studies, Inc. (Multistate) appeals a finding that it is in contempt of a consent decree arrived at in litigation with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Legal and Professional Publications, Inc. (Harcourt). It also appeals its failure to obtain a contempt judgment against Harcourt and the award…