MILWAUKEE CONCRETE STUDIOS v. FJELD MFG. CO.

No. 92-2603.

8 F.3d 441 (1993)

MILWAUKEE CONCRETE STUDIOS, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FJELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, and Janice Krueger, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Fochler, Douglas N. Masters (argued), John Michael Murphy, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, Robert D. Silver, Park Ridge, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan M. Anderson (argued), Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Bloomington, MN, Kathy L. Kuehl, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This copyright infringement action poses an interesting question under the copyright venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(a). The issue is whether Fjeld Manufacturing Company ("Fjeld") or Janice Krueger1 "resides" or "may be found" in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The district court said not and dismissed the action for improper venue. The court also sanctioned the plaintiff...

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