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Raniere v. Microsoft Corporation, No. 16-1698 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 18, 2017)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-1698
Also Docketed
No. 16-1699 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
January 18, 2017
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

KEITH RANIERE,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, AT&T CORP.,

Defendants-Appellees

2016-1698, 2016-1699

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Nos. 3:15-cv-00540-M, 3:15-cv-02298-M, Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.

JUDGMENT

ROBERT DALE CROCKETT, Crockett & Associates, Santa Clarita, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by CHASE TAJIMA, LISA DEARDEN TREPANIER.

CONSTANTINE L. TRELA, JR., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-appellee Microsoft Corporation also represented by RICHARD ALAN CEDEROTH, DOUGLAS LEWIS; JOSHUA JOHN FOUGERE, Washington, DC; ROBERT SETH REICH, JR., Dallas, TX.

2CHRISTOPHER WOOD KENNERLY, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee AT&T Corp. Also represented by STEPHEN BLAKE KINNAIRD, IGOR VICTOR TIMOFEYEV, Washington, DC.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 18, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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