AMWAY CORP. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

No. 01-2561.

346 F.3d 180 (2003)

AMWAY CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY; Procter & Gamble Distributing Company; Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Defendants-Appellees, Sidney SCHWARTZ; Kenneth Lowndes, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles L. Babcock, JACKSON WALKER, Houston, Texas, for Appellant.

Daniel J. Stephenson, DYKEMA GOSSETT, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stephen M. Shapiro, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Charles L. Babcock, David T. Moran, JACKSON WALKER, Houston, Texas, J. A. Cragwall, Jr., WARNER, NORCROSS & JUDD, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jack C. Berenzweig, James P. Sobieraj, BRINKS, HOFER, GILSON & LIONE, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant.

Daniel J. Stephenson, Michael P. Farrell, DYKEMA GOSSETT, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathleen McCree Lewis, Donald S. Young, DYKEMA GOSSETT, Detroit, Michigan, Eric C. Lund, DYKEMA GOSSETT, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stephen M. Shapiro, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW, Chicago, Illinois, Stanley M. Chesley, Fay E. Stilz, WAITE, SCHNEIDER, BAYLESS & CHESLEY, Cincinnati, Ohio, John M. Kunst, Jr., John W. Beatty, Brian S. Sullivan, DINSMORE & SHOHL, Cincinnati, Ohio, John M. DeVries, MIKA, MEYERS, BECKETT & JONES, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellees.

David L. Marburger, BAKER & HOSTETLER, Cleveland, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

Before: BATCHELDER and CLAY, Circuit Judges; SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined. SCHWARZER, District Judge (pp. 188-90), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Amway Corporation ("Amway") appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants The Procter and Gamble Company, The Procter...

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