CLARK EQUIPMENT CO. v. LIFT PARTS MFG. CO. INC.

Nos. 89-3192, 90-1649.

972 F.2d 817 (1992)

CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIFT PARTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Appeal of John J. VOORTMAN, attorney for defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. McCluggage, Sharon R. Gromer, Roderick A. Palmore, Ann W. Regan, Fred Schulz, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., Peter Baird (argued), Patricia Halstead, Andrew S. Gordon, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee Clark Equipment Co.

Roderick A. Palmore, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Stephen C. Neal (argued), Leslie M. Smith, Chaim T. Kiffel, Kirkland & Ellis, Walter C. Greenough, William A. Montgomery, W. Donald McSweeney, William M. Hannay, Sara L. Johnson, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., David H. Spiller, Brandford, Conn., Samuel P. Goddard, Goddard & Goddard, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant John J. Voortman.

Jerold S. Solovy, Richard T. Franch, Laura A. Kaster, Jenner & Block, Walter C. Greenough, William A. Montgomery, W. Donald McSweeney, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Stephen C. Neal, Chaim T. Kiffel, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., David H. Spiller, Brandford, Conn., Samuel P. Goddard, Goddard & Goddard, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant Lift Parts Mfg., Inc.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

John Voortman represented the Lift Parts Manufacturing Company (LPM) in two lawsuits brought by the Clark Equipment Company (Clark). In one lawsuit, Clark claimed that LPM had violated an earlier consent decree (consent decree case). In the other, Clark alleged that LPM had infringed its copyrights (copyright case). The cases were consolidated before Judge Holderman in the Northern District of Illinois. During the proceedings, Voortman twice...

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