High Technology Careers v. San Jose Mercury News

94 F.3d 651 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. HIGH TECHNOLOGY CAREERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-15592. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 11, 1996. Decided Aug. 14, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 High Technology Careers ("HTC") appeals from a jury verdict determining that the San Jose Mercury News had valid business reasons for refusing to continue to accept inserts from HTC. HTC asserts that the verdict is tainted by two improper jury instructions and the refusal of the district court to allow into evidence the Mercury News's profit margins, the Parade Magazine contract, the Booz-Allen study, and arguments presented by the Mercury News in prior litigation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. I. JURY INSTRUCTIONS 3 At trial, the Mercury News asserted that it had valid business reasons for…