LA QUINTA CORP. v. HEARTLAND PROPERTIES LLC

No. 08-6368.

603 F.3d 327 (2010)

LA QUINTA CORPORATION; Baymont Franchising LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HEARTLAND PROPERTIES LLC; David W. Adams; Betty L. Adams, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: George R. Carter, George R. Carter, Attorney at Law, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Joel D. Siegel, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: George R. Carter, George R. Carter, Attorney at Law, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Joel D. Siegel, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Los Angeles, California, David R. Simonton, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, San Francisco, California, Theresa A. Canaday, J. Kendrick Wells, IV, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: SILER, GIBBONS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In this action alleging breach of a hotel franchise agreement and federal trademark infringement, defendants Heartland Properties LLC, David W. Adams, and Betty L. Adams appeal the district court's denial of discovery-related motions, grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs La Quinta Corporation and Baymont Franchising LLC, and the award of liquidated and treble damages to Baymont. We affirm.

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