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ALPO PETFOODS, INC. v. RALSTON PURINA CO.

Civ. A. No. 86-2728.

720 F.Supp. 194 (1989)

ALPO PETFOODS, INC., Plaintiff, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Leighton, Richard F. Mann, Douglas J. Behr, Lewis Bernstein, Susan Anthony, and Anita M. Nanni, Leighton and Regnery, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Michael L. Denger, John W. Behringer, Willard K. Tom, Steuart H. Thomsen, Bruce M. Bettigole, and Lee H. Pelton, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., (Dennis D. Fales, Stanley M. Rea, and Tammy T. Walsh, Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, Mo., of counsel), for defendant.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SPORKIN, District Judge.

PRELIMINARY ISSUES

This court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1121 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331 under the Lanham Act regarding the parties' claims of false advertising. This court has pendent jurisdiction over the state statutory and common law claims.

Venue is proper in the District of Columbia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391.

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