WHITE CONSOL. INDUSTRIES v. WHIRLPOOL CORP.

Nos. C85-472, C85-667.

619 F.Supp. 1022 (1985)

WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. WHIRLPOOL CORP., Dart & Kraft, Inc., Hobart Corp., Emerson Electric Co., Defendants. MAGIC CHEF, INC., Plaintiff, v. WHIRLPOOL CORP., Dart & Kraft, Inc., Hobart Corp., Emerson Electric Co., Defendants.

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

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Porter, Thomas S. Kilbane, James P. Murphy, Walter J. Rekstis, III, John R. Gall, John E. Lynch, Jr., Stacey D. Ballin, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Daniel R. Elliott, Jr., Vice-President — Law White Consol. Industries, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, for White Consol.

John K. Train, III, Martin J. Elgison, H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., Jason C. Blackford, Mark O'Neill, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, Ohio, for Magic Chef, Inc.

M. Neal Rains, Eric H. Zagrans, Stephen R. Twiss, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, Ohio, Jerome A. Hochberg, Ann K. Sullivan, Paul H. Friedman, Arter & Hadden, Washington, D.C., William K. Holmes, Joseph A. Scoville, Tracey T. Larsen, Philip S. VanDerWeele, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., Charles Putnam, Robert I. Frey, Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., for Whirlpool Corp.

Donald G. Kempf, Jr., Tefft W. Smith, Thomas D. Yannucci, John T. Whatley, Randall A. Hack, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., George F. Karch, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for Dart & Kraft, Inc.

Arthur F. Golden, Paul W. Bartel, Daniel L. Brackett, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, H. Stephen Madsen, Jonathan E. Thackeray, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Emerson Elec.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER VACATING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

KRENZLER, District Judge.

On June 28, the Court granted the motions of the plaintiffs in the above-captioned cases for a preliminary injunction.1 The Court concluded at that time that:

For the divestiture in this case to be curative, Emerson would have to be free to manufacture, distribute, and market the Model 21 under any name not confusingly similar to KitchenAid...

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