The Traditional Cat Association, Inc. v. Gilbreath

340 F.3d 829 THE TRADITIONAL CAT ASSOCIATION, INC.; Diana L. Fineran, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. Laura GILBREATH; Zimmerman; Randi Briggs; John Herold; Traditional Cat Association, a California Non-profit Mutual Benefit Corporation, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. No. 01-56595. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 2003 * — Pasadena, California. Filed August 19, 2003. Darren J. Quinn, Law Offices of Darren J. Quinn, San Diego, California, for the defendants-counter-claimants-appellants. James W. Peterson, Goode, Hemme, Peterson & Sayler, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Judith N. Keep, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-00754-JNK. Before: Harry Pregerson, Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges and Louis F. Oberdorfer, ** District Judge. OPINION OBERDORFER, District Judge: Laura Gilbreath, Lee Zimmerman, Randi Briggs, John Herold, and the California non-profit mutual benefit association known as the Traditional Cat Association (the "defendants") appeal the district court's order denying their…