IAM v. WINSHIP GREEN NURSING CENTER

No. 96-1206.

103 F.3d 196 (1996)

The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. WINSHIP GREEN NURSING CENTER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Schneider, with whom John M. West and Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, were on brief, for appellants.

Richard L. O'Meara, with whom Charles P. Piacentini, Jr. and Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, TORRES and SARIS, District Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this eccentric case, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM or Union) charged an employer, Winship Green Nursing Center (Winship), with violating the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127 (1994), through its unauthorized use of a service mark on propaganda disseminated during a union organizing campaign.1 The district court granted Winship's motion for brevis disposition...

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