Legal Opinion
Hobson v. Orthodontic Centers of America Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2007No. Nos. 05-15105, 05-15857PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*491MEMORANDUM *
Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc. and Orthodontic Centers of California, Inc. (together “OCA”) appeal three of the district court’s rulings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm the district court on all three issues.
First, OCA contends that the district court improperly removed the promissory notes from the case. However, OCA abandoned this claim when it consented to removing the promissory notes at trial.1 Thus, we will not consider it on appeal.
Second, the district court applied the correct legal standard to determine which party was the prevailing…
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