Herbert Coutee Lorine Coutee v. Barington Capital Group, L.P. Morton Gerald Gropper Bruce Adam Gropper James Anthony Mitarotonda Jerome Snyder John Telfer, Herbert Coutee Lorine Coutee v. Barington Capital Group, L.P. Morton Gerald Gropper Bruce Adam Gropper James Anthony Mitarotonda Jerome Snyder John Telfer

336 F.3d 1128 Herbert COUTEE; Lorine Coutee, Petitioners-Appellees, v. BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.; Morton Gerald Gropper; Bruce Adam Gropper; James Anthony Mitarotonda; Jerome Snyder; John Telfer, Respondents-Appellants. Herbert Coutee; Lorine Coutee, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Barington Capital Group, L.P.; Morton Gerald Gropper; Bruce Adam Gropper; James Anthony Mitarotonda; Jerome Snyder; John Telfer, Respondents-Appellees. No. 02-56016. No. 02-56052. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 2003. Filed July 28, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Stuart A. Jackson, Ré, Parser & Partners, New York, NY, for the appellants/cross-appellees. Ryan K. Bakhtiari, Aidikoff & Uhl, Beverly Hills, CA, for the appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; George H. King, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00953-GHK. Before HALL, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. OPINION CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge. 1 Barington Capital Group, L.P., Morton Gropper, Bruce Gropper, James Mitarotonda, Jerome Snyder, and John Telfer (collectively, "Barington") appeal the district…