VALLEY PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LANDMARK, A DIVISION OF HOSPITALITY FRANCHISE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 13, 1996.
Decided October 22, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Buckner P. Wellford (argued and briefed), John J. Thomason (briefed), Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, Memphis, TN, Jerome A. Broadhurst (briefed), Harkavy, Shainberg, Kosten & Pinstein, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Fredric A. Cohen (argued and briefed), Scott A. Lefelar and Marc P. Seidler (briefed), Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, David Wade (briefed), Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, Memphis, TN, for Defendants-Appellees Landmark, Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc., Days Inns of America, Inc., Howard Johnson Franchise Systems, Inc., Ramada Franchise Systems, Inc., Park Inns International, Inc., TM Acquisitions, Inc.
Allen T. Malone (briefed), Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell, Memphis, TN, Martin P. Michael (briefed), Rubin, Baum, Levin, Constant & Friedman, New York City, Benjamin E. Rosenberg, Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Marietta Corporation.
David J. Harris, J. Brooke Lathram (briefed), Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, TN, David W. Wawro (briefed), Haythe & Curley, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee Guest Supply, Inc.
Before: NELSON and MOORE, Circuit Judges; CLELAND, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of an antitrust case. The plaintiff — a soap manufacturer that had been selling logo-bearing "guest amenities" for use in hotels and motels operated under franchises granted by certain of the defendants — was denied permission to use the franchisors' trademarks after two competing soap manufacturers were granted a "preferred supplier" status denied the plaintiff. Claiming...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
