MONUMENT BUILDERS v. AMERICAN CEMETERY ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 84-2469-S.

629 F.Supp. 1002 (1986)

MONUMENT BUILDERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Fechtel, Eugene, Or., Edward A. McConwell, Law Offices of Edward A. McConwell, Overland Park, Kan., for plaintiff.

Louis H. Plummer, Kansas City, Kan., for Lincoln Cemetery, Inc.

Michael D. Dick, McDonald, Dykes, Christlieb & Shields, Overland Park, Kan., for Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens.

Edward J. Chapman, Jr., Douglas Chapman & Waters, G. Waters, Leavenworth, Kan., Marvin G. Stottlemire, Chapman & Waters, Lansing, Kan., for Mount Muncie Cemetery.

Jeffrey S. Nelson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Overland Park, Kan., John C. Monica, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., Howard T. Brinton, John E. Frey, Robert L. Shuftan, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., David H. Marion, Wayne M. Thomas, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for American Cemetery Ass'n; Robert M. Fells, American Cemetery Ass'n, Falls Church, Va., of counsel.

Marilyn G. Miller, Kansas City, Mo., Conrad Miller, Sr., Kansas City, Kan., for Maple Hill Cemetery Co. and Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Inc.

William E. Carr, Brown, Koralchick & Fingersh, Overland Park, Kan., for Temple B'Nai Jehudah.

Karen E. MacDonald, Thomas H. Bennett, Independence, Mo., Gerald L. Rushfelt, Rushfelt, Mueller, Druten & Moran, Overland Park, Kan., for Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints.

John C. Russell, Raytown, Mo., Ruben Jorge Krisztal, Krisztal & Bellen, Kansas City, Kan., for Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery, Inc. and Highland Sales & Inv. Co., Inc.

Charles D. Kugler, Vasos, Kugler & Dickerson, Kansas City, Kan., Michael J. Gallagher, Rebecca S. Cort, Wassberg, Gallagher & Jones, Kansas City, Mo., for Memorial Heritage, Inc. and D.W. Newcomer's Sons.

Allen R. Slater, Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Schmitt, Rowlands & Gorman, Olathe, Kan., Edward M. Dolson, Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Schmitt, Rowlands & Gorman, Kansas City, Mo., George Long, Asst. Mun. Counselor, City of Olathe, Olathe, Kan., for City of Olathe, Kan.

Bernard J. Rhodes, Gage & Tucker, Kansas City, Mo., Stephen A. Murphy, Gage & Tucker, Overland Park, Kan., for Mount Washington Cemetery and Brooking Cemetery Assn.

R. James Stilley, Jr., Stilley & Fowler, Raytown, Mo., for Brooking Cemetery Assn.

John L. Vratil, Lathrop, Koontz, Righter, Clagett & Norquist, Overland Park, Kan., Edward W. Madeira, Jr., M. Duncan Grant, Carolyn L. Davis, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for Jas. H. Matthews & Co.

David L. Skidgel, John J. Jurcyk, Jr., Robert B. Van Cleave, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, Kansas City, Kan., for Pleasant View Cemetery, Mount Calvary Cemetery and Catholic Cemeteries, Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan.

Richard A. Erickson, Kansas City, Mo., for Memorial Park Cemetery and Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Robert M. Beachy, Van Osdol, Magruder, Erickson & Redmond, Kansas City, Mo., Jeffrey O. Ellis, Fallon, Holbrook & Ellis, Kansas City, Kan., for Sunset Memorial Gardens and Troost Ave. Cemetery Co.

William J. Mullins, Jr., Wagner, Leek & Mullins, Shawnee Mission, Kan., Julia F. Blakeslee, Rich, Granoff, Levy & Gee, Kansas City, Mo., for Temple B'Nai Jehudah, Memorial Park Cemetery Ass'n of Missouri and Memorial Park Cemetery.

David E. Everson, Jr., Matthew J. Verschelden, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., Roger D. Stanton, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Overland Park, Kan., for Mount Moriah Cemetery, Inc.

Gloria M. Gusich, Felix G. Kancel, Kansas City, Kan., Thomas Sullivan, Edward L. Fitzgerald, Downey, Sullivan & Fitzgerald, Kansas City, Mo., for Catholic Cemeteries Ass'n of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Inc.

George R. Docking, Kansas City, Kan., for Highland Park Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Inc.

Norman E. Beal, Hillix, Brewer, Hoffhaus & Whittaker, Kansas City, Mo., for Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Inc.

Mark R. Singer, Romain, Burger & Singer, Overland Park, Kan., William G. Levi, Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts, Kansas City, Mo., for Elmwood Cemetery.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on various defendants' motions to dismiss plaintiff's amended complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Several defendants have also filed motions to dismiss for improper venue, lack of personal jurisdiction, and insufficiency of service of process. Additionally, motions have been filed by various defendants for sanctions against plaintiff pursuant...

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