SOUTHEX EXHIBITIONS, INC. v. RHODE ISLAND BUILDERS ASSOCIATION

No. 01-1132.

279 F.3d 94 (2002)

SOUTHEX EXHIBITIONS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RHODE ISLAND BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland P. Schermer, with whom Gregg D. Orsag and Metz, Schermer & Lewis, L.L.C. were on brief for appellant.

Barry J. Kusinitz for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Southex Exhibitions, Inc. ("Southex") challenges a district court bench ruling that no partnership existed between Southex and the Rhode Island Builder's Association, Inc. ("RIBA"), even though Southex's predecessors in interest had produced home shows for RIBA in Rhode Island ever since 1974. We affirm the district court judgment.

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BACKGROUND

In 1974, with the construction of the new Providence...

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