Mealey's (December 7, 2016, 1:00 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is set to weigh in on whether a manufacturer of hard-disk drives provided to a set-top box company was a direct supplier of satellite television provider DirecTV. The parties completed briefing on Sept. 21 (DirecTV v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co., No. 16-55313, 9th Cir.)....