WHITE v. SMITH & WESSON CORP.

No. 1:99 CV 1134.

97 F.Supp.2d 816 (2000)

Mayor Michael R. WHITE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SMITH & WESSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio. Eastern Division.

March 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornell P. Carter, City of Cleveland, Dept. of Law, Cleveland, OH, John R. Climaco, Jack D. Maistros, Keith T. Vernon, Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier, Downing & LaBarre, Metairie, LA, for Micael R. White, City of Cleveland.

Timothy J. Coughlin, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Thomas R. Schuck, Ross A. Wright, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, Gary R. Long, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, James P. Dorr, Anne G. Kimball, Sarah L. Olson, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Jessica Elaine Price, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cleveland, OH, Barbara J. Arison, Frantz Ward, Cleveland, OH, for Smith & Wesson Corp.

Timothy J. Coughlin, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, James P. Dorr, Anne G. Kimball, Sarah L. Olson, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Barbara J. Arison, Cleveland, OH, for Sturm Ruger & Co.

Thomas Ignatius Michals, Steven R. Malynn, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, Robert C. Gebhardt, Craig A. Livingston, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, San Francisco, CA, Mark L. Belleville, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Columbus, OH, Lawrence S. Greenwald, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, Baltimore, MD, for Beretta U.S.A.

Robert C. Weber, David F. Adler, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for Colt's Mfg. Co.

William F. Gibson, III, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, John F. Renzulli, Renzulli & Rutherford, New York, NY, Nancy Tunis, Leonard Rosenbaum, Renzulli & Rutherford, New York, NY, for Glock, Inc., H & R 1871, Inc.

Daniel F. Gourash, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, Timothy A. Bumann, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Atlanta, GA, Melissa Anne Maye, Yorkville, IL, for Taurus Intern. Marketing, Inc.

William F. Gibson, III, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, Robert Joyce, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York, NY, John F. Renzulli, Renzulli & Rutherford, New York, NY, for Sigarms, Inc.

Mark E. Elsener, Michael E. McCarty, Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cincinnati, OH, James Clifford Sabalos, Newport Beach, CA, for Lorcin Engineering Co., Inc.

Mark E. Elsener, Michael E. McCarty, Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cincinnati, OH, Daniel F. Gourash, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, James Clifford Sabalos, Newport Beach, CA, Melissa Anne Maye, Yorkville, IL, for Bryco Arms.

Daniel F. Gourash, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, Timothy A. Bumann, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Atlanta, GA, Michael J. Zomick, Tarics & Carrington, Houston, TX, for Phoenix Arms.

Ronald B. Lee, Laura M.A. Faust, Roetzel & Andress, Akron, OH, for Navegar Inc.

William F. Gibson, III, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, John F. Renzulli, Renzulli & Rutherford, New York, NY, William M. Griffin, III, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR, for Arms Technology, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NUGENT, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon Certain Defendants'1 Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) (Doc. # 23) and Defendant B.L. Jennings's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 21) (collectively referred to below as Defendants). For the reasons stated below, Defendants' Motions to Dismiss are DENIED.

Procedural History

On April 15, 1999, Mayor Michael White and...

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