DESIGN BASICS, LLC v. KERSTIENS HOMES & DESIGNS

Nos. 18-3202, 19-3118 & 20-1515.

1 F.4th 502 (2021)

DESIGN BASICS, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KERSTIENS HOMES & DESIGNS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Harold , Stephen M. Judge , John D. LaDue , Sean J. Quinn , Attorneys, Southbank Legal: LaDue Curran & Kuehn LLC, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Melanie Eich , Paul B. Overhauser , Attorneys, Overhauser Law Offices LLC, Greenfield, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Kanne, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


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