M.G.B. HOMES, INC. v. AMERON HOMES, INC.

No. 93-4905.

30 F.3d 113 (1994)

M.G.B. HOMES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant. v. AMERON HOMES, INC., Daniel James Brognano, Mr. Mark Stern, Mrs. Stern, Walter Powlak, Edna Powlak, Richard Patton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Crosby, Malin, Haley DiMaggio & Crosby, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for appellant.

John Cyril Malloy, III, Malloy & Malloy, P.A., Miami, FL, for appellees.

Before COX and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge:

MGB Homes, Inc. (MGB) and Ameron Homes, Inc. (Ameron) are competing home builders in the town of Sebastian, Florida. In 1986 MGB filed suit against Ameron, complaining that Ameron copied the floor plan of MGB's "Islander II" home from a copyrighted advertising flyer in violation of, among other laws, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (DTPA).1 See Fla.Stat. § 501.201...

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