       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                 JAMES W. WHITE,
                 Plaintiff-Appellant,

                           v.

  HITACHI, LTD., HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE
 TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND HITACHI GLOBAL
STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.,
             Defendant-Appellees.
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                      2010-1229
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   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Tennessee in No. 04-CV-0020, Judge
Thomas W. Phillips.
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                     JUDGMENT
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     MICHAEL F. HEAFEY, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
LLP, of Menlo Park, California, argued for plaintiff-
appellant. With him on the brief were G. HOPKINS GUY
III, ERIC L. WESENBERG and JACOB M. HEATH.

   EDWARD R. REINES, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of
Redwood Shores, California, argued for defendants-
appellees. With him on the brief was JEFFREY G. HOMRIG.
Of counsel on the brief was ANDREW E. MONACH, Morris &
Foerster LLP, of San Francisco, California.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:


   PER CURIAM (LINN, CLEVENGER, and PROST, Circuit
Judges).


           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 13, 2010     /s/ Jan Horbaly
      Date            Jan Horbaly
                           Clerk
