WALKER MFG., INC. v. HOFFMANN, INC.

No. 00-103 MJM.

157 F.Supp.2d 1012 (2001)

WALKER MANUFACTURING, INC., Plaintiff, v. HOFFMANN, INC., an Iowa Corporation; Larry Emmert; Marty Sixt; and Jan Rule d/b/a J.R. Sales and Advantage Sprayers; Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division.

April 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Zaiger, Kevin J. Caster, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, IA, for plaintiff.

Michael L. Noyes, Lane & Waterman, Davenport, IA, Brian J. Laurenzo, Michael C. Gilchrist, James R. Quilty, Dorsey & Whitney, Des Moines, IA, for Hoffman, Inc.

Michael L. Noyes, Lane & Waterman, Davenport, IA, for Larry Emmert.

Marty Sixt, Iowa City, IA, pro se.

Michael McDonough, Moyer Bergman, Cedar Rapids, IA, Gregory Lederer, Simmons Perrine Albright Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Jan Rule, dba J.R. Sales and Advantage Sprayers.


OPINION and ORDER

MELLOY, District Judge.

In this action, the plaintiff, Walker Manufacturing, Inc., asserts federal copyright, trade dress and racketeering claims, along with related state claims, against the above-named defendants arising from defendant Hoffmann, Inc.'s manufacture and marketing of corn crop sprayers. Currently before the court is a motion by defendants Hoffmann and Larry Emmert to dismiss count 1 of the plaintiff's Amended Complaint alleging...

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