DOVENMUEHLE v. GILLDORN MORTG. MIDWEST CORP.

Nos. 87-2275, 87-2442.

871 F.2d 697 (1989)

Mary D. DOVENMUEHLE, Elizabeth Dovenmuehle Rothermel, George H. Dovenmuehle, Jr., and Theodore H. Buenger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GILLDORN MORTGAGE MIDWEST CORPORATION, Gilldorn Insurance Midwest Corporation, and Dovenmuehle, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Bullwinkel, Burditt Bowles & Radzius, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ira J. Bornstein, Harvey J. Barnett & Assoc., Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs sued defendants claiming that defendants' use of the trade name "Dovenmuehle, Inc." violated § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and their rights under state law. The district court, in a thorough and well-reasoned opinion, dismissed plaintiffs' Lanham Act claims for lack of standing and then dismissed plaintiffs' pendent state claims for lack of an independent jurisdictional basis. See Dovenmuehle v. Gilldorn...

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