Metabolife International, Inc. v. Wornick

264 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2001) METABOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SUSAN WORNICK, AN INDIVIDUAL; GEORGE BLACKBURN, AN INDIVIDUAL; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, D/B/A WCVB-TV, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 99-56814 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted May 9, 2001--Pasadena, California Filed September 5, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] Counsel Stephen Mansfield (argued), Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Steven J. Comen (argued), and J. Anthony Downs, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Massachusetts, for defendants-appellees Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. and Susan Wornick. Robert O'Regan (argued), Burns & Levinson, Boston Massachusetts, and Gregory D. Roper, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellee George Blackburn. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California John S. Rhoades, District Judge, Presiding D.C. No. CV-99-01095JSR/RBB Before: Pamela Ann Rymer, Michael Daly…