CRAFTSMEN LIMOUSINE, INC. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 08-2214.

579 F.3d 894 (2009)

CRAFTSMEN LIMOUSINE, INC.; JMRL Sales & Service, Inc., a Missouri Corporation, doing business as Craftsmen Limousine, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, General Motors Corporation, a Missouri corporation; Cadillac, a division or affiliate of General Motors Corporation; Limo, an association of limousine builders; AHA Automotive Design, a Canadian corporation; American Custom Coachworks, a California corporation; Classic Limousine & Armouring, a California corporation; DaBryan Coach Builders, a Missouri corporation; Eagle Coach, an Ohio corporation; Executive Coachbuilders, a Missouri corporation; Federal Coach, an Arkansas corporation; Image Coaches, an Indiana corporation; International Armor & Limousine, an Illinois corporation; Krystal Koach, a California corporation; LCW, a Texas corporation; Picasso Coach Builder, a New York corporation; Royale Limousine Manufacturers, a Massachusetts corporation; R-D Group, a California corporation, doing business as Tiffany Coachworks; Accubuilt, Inc., an Ohio corporation, formerly known as S & S/Superior of Ohio; Tri-State Custom Coach, a New Jersey corporation; United States Coachworks, a New York corporation; Viking Coachworks, a Florida corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Hinkle, Charles L. Richardson, Tulsa, OK, for appellant.

Kurt D. Williams, Kirk A. Peterson, Kansas City, MO, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Craftsmen Limousine, Inc. ("Craftsmen"), appeals a district court1 order granting Ford Motor Co.'s ("Ford") Bill of Costs. Craftsmen argues that the district court abused its discretion by failing to consider whether each requested item of cost was recoverable and by misapplying the judicial estoppel doctrine to award costs that included video-deposition and pro hac vice...

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