KAZMAIER v. WOOTEN

No. 84-1862.

761 F.2d 46 (1985)

William KAZMAIER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. John WOOTEN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Marshall, Boston, Mass., with whom Marshall, Rosen & Marshall, Boston, Mass., and R. Arlen Johnson, were on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Paul R. Cacchiotti, Everett, Mass., for John Wooten.

Marie Lefton, Boston, Mass., with whom Anthony M. Feeherry and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc., and New England Ford Dealers Association.

David H. Erichsen, Boston, Mass., with whom James D. St. Clair, P.C., Linda A. Ouellette and Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Ford Motor Company.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Circuit Judge, and RE, Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff William Kazmaier appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting defendants' motions for summary judgment. 593 F.Supp. 390. We affirm.

Kazmaier claims the exclusive right to call himself "the World's Strongest Man." He therefore objects to a commercial produced for defendant New England Ford Dealers' Association ("NEFDA") by...

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