Foad Consulting Group, Inc. v. Musil Govan Azzalino

270 F.3d 821 (9th Cir. 2001) FOAD CONSULTING GROUP, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MUSIL GOVAN AZZALINO, AN ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; LARRY MUSIL; AGRA LLC; CANYON PARTNERS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; HAWKEYE INVESTMENTS LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 98-56017 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted December 8, 1999 Filed October 30, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] John W. Belsher, Belsher & Becker, San Luis Obispo, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Thomas F. Winfield, III, Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri, Inc., Los Angeles, California, Christopher Norgaard, Newell Campbell & Roche LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Chief District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-06152-TJH. Before: B. Fletcher, Kozinski, and Thompson, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher; Concurrence by Judge Kozinski BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 In this copyright case, we must decide an issue unaddressed by our prior…