HEALTHNET, INC. v. HEALTH NET, INC.

No. CIV.A. 2:01-0835.

289 F.Supp.2d 755 (2003)

HEALTH NET, INC., Plaintiff, v. HEALTH NET, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

November 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Woody, Clifford F. Kinney, Jr., Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, WV, W. Mack Webner, Paul M. Higgins, Kevin G. Smith, Leigh Ann Lindquist, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for HealthNet, Inc.

Robert B. Allen, Pamela C. Deem, Allen, Guthrie, McHugh & Thomas, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Rod. S. Berman, Elizabeth Barrowman Gibson, Brian W. Kasell, Amy Lerner Hill, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Health Net, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GOODWIN, District Judge.

Pending before the court is HealthNet, Inc.'s Motion to Disqualify Counsel [Docket 148]. For the reasons that follow, the motion is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

This case concerns the competing rights of two separate entities to use undeniably similar trademarks: HealthNet and Health Net. On August 5, 1986, long before this case was filed, George G. Guthrie wrote a letter to HealthNet...

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