• Sargon Enterprises, Inc. v. University of Southern California

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-11-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Browne George Ross, Brown Woods George, Allan Browne, Eric M. George, Benjamin D. Scheibe, Ira Bibbero; Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Elizabeth G. Chilton and Andrew Baum for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Daniel H. Bromberg, John B. Quinn, Michael E. Williams and Michael T. Lifrak for Defendants and Appellants. Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole and Cassidy E. Cole for California Medical Association, California Hospital Association and California Dental Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp; Bergeson and Mark E. Foster for Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for Actelion Pharmaceuticals U.S. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Ada Meloy; Hogan Lovells US, Michael Shepard, Martin Michaelson, Alexander Dreier and David Ginn for American Council on Education and other Higher Education Associations and Institutions as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson and Benjamin P. Smith for Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. S191550

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12935SARGON ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant,v.UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF

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