HUMPHREYS & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS v. LESSARD DESIGN

No. 14-2030.

790 F.3d 532 (2015)

HUMPHREYS & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LESSARD DESIGN, INCORPORATED; Lessard Group Incorporated; Christian J. Lessard; Clark Builders Group, LLC; PDT Builders, LLC; The Penrose Group; Sixth Penrose Investing Company LLC; Northwestern Investment Management Company, LLC; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees, and Penrose Partners; Park Crest SPE Phase I, LLC; Penrose/Donohoe Tysons, LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 23, 2015.

Amended: June 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Patrick Andrew Zummo , Law Offices of Patrick Zummo, Houston, Texas, for Appellant. Patrick Joseph Coyne , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Antigone Gabriella Peyton , Cloudigy Law PLLC, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Walter D. Kelley, Jr. , Hausfeld, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer L. Swize , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kandis M. Koustenis , Cloudigy Law PLLC, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees The Penrose Group, PDT Builders, LLC, Sixth Penrose Investing Company LLC, and Clark Builders Group, LLC; Christopher P. Foley, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Lessard Design, Incorporated, Lessard Group Incorporated, and Christian J. Lessard; Christopher P. Mead, London & Mead, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Northwestern Investment Management Company, LLC and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge HARRIS joined.


In this architectural copyright infringement action, Plaintiff-Appellant Humphreys & Partners Architects, L.P. ("HPA") appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Lessard Design, Inc., Lessard Group, Inc., and Christian J. Lessard (collectively...

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