CHIRCO v. CROSSWINDS COMMUNITIES, INC.

No. 05-1715.

474 F.3d 227 (2007)

Michael A. CHIRCO; Dominic J. Moceri, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CROSSWINDS COMMUNITIES, INC., and Bernard Glieberman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen F. Wasinger, Wasinger, Kickham & Hanley, Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellants. Douglas P. LaLone, Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & LaLone, Auburn Hills, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen F. Wasinger, Wasinger, Kickham & Hanley, Royal Oak, Michigan, Julie A. Greenberg, Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, Troy, Michigan, for Appellants. Douglas P. LaLone, Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, Auburn Hills, Michigan, Bernard J. Cantor, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Michael Chirco and Dominic Moceri, are Detroit-area real estate developers who brought suit against Crosswinds Communities and its principal shareholder, Bernard Glieberman, alleging that the defendants had copied the plaintiffs' architectural design for a "twelve-plex" condominium building, which was protected by copyright and to which they had exclusive rights of construction. The district...

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