UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HONEY BUM, LLC, a California No. 22-55150 limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-11233- v. RGK-AS FASHION NOVA, INC., a California corporation; RICHARD D. OPINION SAGHIAN, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed March 22, 2023

Before: PAUL J. KELLY, JR., * MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and DANIEL P. COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. * The Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. 2 HONEY BUM, LLC V. FASHION NOVA, INC.

SUMMARY **

Antitrust

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