GUINNESS PLC v. WARD

Nos. 90-1869, 90-1870.

955 F.2d 875 (1992)

GUINNESS PLC; Guinness America, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Thomas Joseph WARD, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1992.

As Amended March 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Joseph Ward, Sr., Ward, Lazarus & Grow, Washington, D.C., argued (Harold R. Bruno, III, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Rebecca Ellen Swenson, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., argued (Richard J. Wertheimer, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HALL, Circuit Judge, HALLANAN, District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation, and KELLAM, Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

HALLANAN, District Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Thomas Joseph Ward [hereinafter referred to as "Ward"] appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Plaintiffs-Appellees Guinness PLC and Guinness America, Incorporated, [hereinafter collectively referred to as "Guinness"] on Guinness' complaint and Ward's counterclaim.

I.

Guinness initiated this action on February 9, 1988, in the United States District Court for...

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