STRATES SHOWS, INC. v. AMUSEMENTS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 5:04-CV-609-FL(1).

379 F.Supp.2d 817 (2005)

STRATES SHOWS, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMUSEMENTS OF AMERICA, INC., Rocky Mount Fair, Inc., Fair Management, Inc., Drew Amusement Operators, Inc. d/b/a Drew Expositions; Carolina Cable Lift LLC; Smokey Mountain Amusements, Inc., Amusements of Rochester d/b/a Powers Great American Midways, Meg Scott Phipps Campaign 2000, Friends of Bobby McLamb, Morris J. Vivona, Sr., Morris J. Vivona, Jr., Dominic A. Vivona, Sr., Dominic A. Vivona, Jr., John J. Vivona, Philip A. Vivona, Sebastian J. Vivona, Christopher Robyn Vivona, Norman Y Chambliss III, Margaret Scott Phipps aka Meg Scott Phipps; Robert E. Phipps, Bobby C. McLamb, Linda Johnson Saunders, Michael E. Blanton, Weldon B. Denny, Robbin Lee Turner, Deann S. Turner, Billy Joe Clark, Leslie E. Powers, Richard D. Janas, and James H. Drew, III; Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division.

July 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Clark Wright, Jr., Ward & Davis, New Bern, NC, for Strates Shows, Inc., a Delaware corporation, plaintiff.

Joseph B. Cheshire, V, Cheshire, Parker, Schneider, Bryan & Vitale, John Keating Wiles, Cheshire Parker Schneider, Bryant & Vitale, Raleigh, NC, Alan W. Duncan, Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro, NC, Shannon R. Joseph, Smith Moore, LLP, Montaye Sigmon McGee, Smith Moore, LLP, R. Daniel Boyce, Boyce & Isley, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, C. Thomas Ross, Ross Law Firm, Winston-Salem, NC, David William Long, Poyner & Spruill, Raleigh, NC, Samuel T. Currin, Currin Law Firm, PLLC, Joseph Thomas Knott, III, Knott, Clark, Berger & Whitehurst, LLP, Raleigh, NC, for Amusements of America, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Rocky Mount Fair, Inc, a North Carolina corporation, Fair Management, Inc, a Florida corporation, Drew Amusement Operators, Inc., a Georgia Corporation dba Drew Expositions, Carolina Cable Lift, a North Carolina limited liability company, Smokey Mountain Amusements, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Powers Great American Midways, a North Carolina business entity, Meg Scott Phipps Campaign 2000, a political campaign committee, Friends of Bobby McLamb, a political campaign committee, Morris J. Vivona, Sr., Morris J. Vivona, Jr., Dominic A. Vivona, Sr., Dominic A. Vivona, Jr., John J. Vivona, Philip A. Vivona, Christopher Robyn Vivona, Norman Y. Chambliss, III, Margaret Scott Phipps aka Meg Scott Phipps, Robert E. Phipps, Bobby C. McLamb, Linda Johnson Saunders, Michael E. Blanton, Weldon B. Denny, Robin Lee Turner, Deann S. Turner, Billy Joe Clark, Leslie E. Powers, Richard D. Janas, James H. Drew, III, Sebastian J. Vivona, Amusements of Rochester, Inc., d/b/a Powers Great American Midways, defendants.

Bobby C. McLamb, Lillington, NC, Pro se.


ORDER

FLANAGAN, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court upon defendants' motions to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), 12(b)(6), and 12(c) (DE #'s 59, 82, 85, 89, 90). Plaintiff has responded, and this matter is ripe for ruling. For the following reasons, the court grants defendants' motions.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Plaintiff commenced this action on August 23, 2004, asserting...

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