THOMPSON v. ASHNER

No. 84 C 7211.

601 F.Supp. 471 (1985)

Loyd THOMPSON, d/b/a Spring Green Landscaping, Plaintiff, v. Harry ASHNER, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care and Tree Care; Edward Bunzol, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; Armand D'Agostino, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; John Eckhart, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; Robert Edman, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; William Gundlach, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; Robert Hess, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; Thomas Hofer, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; Robert Lubenow, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn Care; and Thomas Reidy, d/b/a Spring Green Lawn and Tree Care, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Benn, Wayne Michaels, George Hamman, Dawn Cassie, Hamman, Benn & Miller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Theodore A. Shapero, Thomas F. Geselbracht, Diane Fields Geocaris, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

This is a suit alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and under various state law theories. Plaintiff, Loyd Thompson ("Thompson") has moved for preliminary injunctive relief, while the various defendants have moved to dismiss or stay the case. For the reasons stated below, we grant defendants' motion for a stay under the abstention...

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