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WRENCH LLC v. TACO BELL CORP.

No. 99-1807.

256 F.3d 446 (2001)

WRENCH LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company; Joseph Shields; Thomas Rinks, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TACO BELL CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey O. Birkhold, (argued and briefed), Douglas A. Dozeman (briefed), Valerie P. Simmons (briefed), WARNER, NORCROSS & JUDD LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellants.

Randall G. Litton, (argued and briefed), PRICE, HENEVELD, COOPER, DeWITT & LITTON, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Richard J. O'Brien (briefed), Paul E. Veith (briefed), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Arthur S. Friedman (briefed), Friedman, Wang & Bleiberg, PC, New York City, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Jeffrey O. Birkhold, Douglas A. Dozeman, Valerie P. Simmons, WARNER, NORCROSS & JUDD LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellants.

Before BATCHELDER and COLE, Circuit Judges; GRAHAM, District Judge.

OPINION

JAMES L. GRAHAM, District Judge.

This case raises a question of first impression in this circuit regarding the extent to which the Copyright Act preempts state law claims based on breach of an implied-in-fact contract. Plaintiffs-Appellants Wrench LLC, Joseph Shields, and Thomas Rinks brought this diversity action against Defendant-Appellee Taco Bell Corporation ("Taco Bell"), claiming breach of implied contract and various torts related to Taco...

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