DUCT-O-WIRE CO. v. U.S. CRANE, INC.

No. 93-3723.

31 F.3d 506 (1994)

DUCT-O-WIRE COMPANY, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. U.S. CRANE, INCORPORATED, an Ohio corporation and Darryl W. Iles, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Klumb, argued, Dennis L. Fisher, Meissner & Tierney, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard J. Rinear, argued, Droder & Miller, Cincinnati, OH, for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a suspiciously clever business practice. A company, U.S. Crane, built its business by subscribing to the expired phone numbers of other companies. One of these companies, the Duct-O-Wire Company, found out that U.S. Crane had subscribed to its expired phone number (the "old number"). Duct-O-Wire brought this lawsuit to stop U.S. Crane's use of its old number and to recover damages it claims it has incurred because of U.S. Crane...

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