ACUSHNET CO. v. COATERS, INC.

Civil Action No. 93-11219-REK.

948 F.Supp. 128 (1996)

ACUSHNET CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. COATERS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Wendy del Real, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, William L. Lahey, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Acushnet Company.

Mary K. Ryan, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David M. Jones, Irene C. Freidel, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for AVX Corporation.

M. Frederick Pritzker, Wayne F. Dennison, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corp.

David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for Amtel Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp., Commonwealth Electrical Company, Commonwealth Gas Company, Emhart Industries, Inc. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Paramount Communications Incorporated, Teledyne Rodney Metals, a division of Teledyne Industries Incorporated, United Dominion Industries, Inc.

William J. Cheeseman, George N. Lester, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, Robert A. Murphy, Andrew M. Higgins, Casner & Edwards, Boston, MA, for Cornell-Dubilier Electronics.

Alexander T. Bok, Boston, MA, Edward T. Dangel, III, Dangel, Donlan & Fine, Boston, MA, for Dartmouth Finishing Corporation.

Seth D. Jaffe, Anne D. Berlin, Jeffrey L. Roelofs, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, for New England Telephone & Telegraph Company.

James A.G. Hamilton, Lawrence G. Green, Perkins, Smith & Cohen, Boston, MA, for Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated, Revere Copper Products Incorporated.

Arthur J. Caron, Jr., City Solicitor, New Bedford, MA, for the City of New Bedford.


Opinion

KEETON, District Judge.

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