Cuker Interactive, LLC v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 In Re: Case No.: 20-CV-01882-CAB-BLM

CUKER INTERACTIVE, LLC, ORDER REVERSING

BANKRUPTCY COURT Debtor.

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW

PITTMAN, LLP, Appellant, v. CUKER INTERACTIVE, LLC, Appellee. 22 In this matter, Appellant Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (“Pillsbury”) appeals a September 17, 2020 order by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California granting a motion for summary judgment by Debtor and Appellee Cuker Interactive, LLC (“Cuker”) in an adversary proceeding seeking declaratory relief concerning the validity and extent of a lien by Pillsbury. The appeal has been fully briefed, 28 and the Court held oral argument. As discussed below, the bankruptcy court’s grant of judgment in favor of Cuker is reversed. I. Background Pillsbury represented Cuker in litigation against Walmart in Arkansas…