Legal Opinion

Clinton v. Acequia, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1996No. Nos. 95-35531, 95-35714PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge:

Vernon B. Clinton, founder and fifty-percent shareholder in defendant Acequia, Inc., appeals the district court’s entry of partial summary judgment in favor of defendants (collectively, “Acequia”) on Counts One, Two, Four, Five, and in part on Count Three of his complaint, and the denial of his motion for relief from the judgment. In a consolidated appeal, Acequia challenges the district court’s handling of the subsequent trial on Count Three. We vacate and remand.

Clinton originally filed this suit in state court.1 In 1991, two years after the suit was commenced, Acequia…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. MoitieSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. Regional Rail Reorganization Act CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

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