United Studios of Self Defense, Inc. v. Kristopher Rinehart

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STUDIOS OF SELF DEFENSE, CASE NO. SA CV 18-1048-DOC (DFMx) 11

INC.,

12 13 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND

14 vs. ORDER GRANTING IN PART 15 MOTION FOR TERMINATING

KRISTOPHER RINEHART ET AL., SANCTIONS [221]

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17 Defendant. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 I. INTRODUCTION 2 A bench trial on this matter was held on October 29–31, 2019. 3 This action arises out of a dispute between United Studios of Self Defense (“USSD” 4 or “Plaintiff”) over alleged franchise and license agreements with Kristopher Rinehart 5 (“Rinehart”), Brent Murakami (“Murakami”) and entities owned wholly or partly by 6 Rinehart and Murakami including Los Angeles Studios of Self Defense (“LASSD”), South 7 Bay Studios of Self Defense (“SBSSD”), S.B. Ninja, LLC (“S.B. Ninja”), and Rolling 8 Hills USSD (“RHSSD”) (collectively, “Defendants”). 9 Plaintiff alleges the following eight claims: 10 1. Breach of Contract as to the…