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Young v. United States
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| Young v. United States
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| Court
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Supreme Court of the United States
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| Citation
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481 U.S. 787
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| Date decided
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May 26, 1987
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Facts
- LOUIS VUITTON ® = manufacturer of leather goods such as luxury handbags = "Vuitton"
- Klayminc = manufacturer of counterfeit Vuitton bags = "Klayminc"
- Vuitton & Klayminc reached a settlement that prohibited Klayminc from counter-feiting Vuitton goods
- The following year, Vuitton hired private investigators to find Vuitton counterfeiters
- The Vuitton investigators found evidence that Klayminc was stilling producing counterfeit Vuitton goods
- The Vuitton investigators asked to be appointed by the district court in New York to prosecute a criminal contempt action against Klayminc
- The New York courted appointed the investigators (who were also attorneys) as special counsels to criminally prosecute Klayminc
Procedural History
- After their court appointment, the Vuitton investigators file a criminal contempt motion against Klayminc.
- Klayminc lost in the trial in New York for violating the settlement with Vuitton.
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