No. 02-56272

Good Law
354 F.3d 857
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 22, 2003857California6,388 words

Opinion

Opinion

354 F.3d 857 MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREINER AND HAUSSER GMBH, a German business entity; R. Hausser, an individual; M. — L. Hausser, an individual; Does 1 Thru 10, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56272. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 13, 2003. Filed December 22, 2003. Ronald L. Olson (argued), Michael R. Doyen, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Andrian Mary Prueta, Michael T. Zeller, Steven Vaughan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Joseph M. Burton (argued), Daniel J. Herling, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Nora M. Manella, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00322-NMM. Before Robert BOOCHEVER, TASHIMA, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. OPINION CLIFTON, Circuit Judge. 1 Barbie, the ubiquitous doll produced by Mattel, has been a regular visitor to our court. 1 This time she brings with her an issue of personal jurisdiction — not over her, but over a German toy company which has questioned…

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