Mccubbrey v. Veninga

39 F.3d 1054 J. Bruce McCUBBREY, Donald L. Bartels, Virginia H. Meyer, Calvin B. Ward, and McCubbrey, Bartels, Meyer & Ward, a California partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dolores M. VENINGA, George Hook and McBride, Baker & Coles, an Illinois partnership, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15579. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1994. Decided Nov. 9, 1994. 1 Frederick A. Cone, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Jesse F. Ruiz, Robinson and Wood, San Jose, CA, for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 4 Before: CHOY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and MARQUEZ 1 , District Judge. MARQUEZ, District Judge: 5 J. Bruce McCubbrey, Donald L. Bartels, Virginia H. Meyer, Calvin B. Ward, and the law firm of McCubbrey, Bartels, Meyer & Ward (collectively "McCubbrey") appeal the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendants in McCubbrey's malicious prosecution action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review de novo, see Kruso v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp. 872 F.2d 1416 , 1421 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S.…