Peter R.. Schnabel v. Froyer Holdings Development & Trading Co.

302 F.3d 1023 Peter R. SCHNABEL; Premier Rides; Inc., a Maryland Corporation; Steven Marble; and Catalyst Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kevin Y. LUI; Froyer Holdings Development & Trading Co.; Froyer Holdings USA, Inc., a California Corporation; and FSN Top Secret Productions, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 01-55038. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 1, 2002. Filed September 5, 2002. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Scott Warmuth and William L. Niu, Warmuth and Niu, Monterey Park, CA, for the defendants-appellants. 2 Michael D. Morin and Margaret Egler, Margolis & Morin, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-02198-DDP (AIJx). 4 Before: FERNANDEZ and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SHEA, * District Judge. 5 SHEA, District Judge. 6 This action arises from a partnership gone awry. Peter Schnabel, Steven Marble, Kevin Lui, and the various entities respectively controlled by them entered a partnership agreement to produce "simulation" attractions…