DESIGNWORKS HOMES, INC. v. THOMSON SAILORS HOMES

No. 19-3458.

9 F.4th 961 (2021)

DESIGNWORKS HOMES, INC., a Missouri corporation; Charles Lawrence James Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THOMSON SAILORS HOMES, L.L.C., a Kansas L.L.C.; Thomson Homes, L.L.C.; Donald Sailors; Edward B. Thomson, III; Team 3 Architects, Inc.; Bruce H. Beatty; Bobby Sailors; Eric Bradley Thomson; Elswood Smith Carlson, P.A. Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Benedict Grimm , Digital Justice Foundation, Omaha, NE, Gregory William Keenan , Digital Justice Foundation, Floral Park, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Scott R. Brown , Dianne Marcel Smith-Misemer , Hovey & Williams, Overland Park, KS, for Defendants-Appellees Thomson Sailors Homes, L.L.C., Donald Sailors, Bobby Sailors,

Nikki E. Cannezzaro , Matthew McKain Clifford , Franke & Schultz, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee Thomson Homes, L.L.C.

Scott R. Brown , Dianne Marcel Smith-Misemer , Hovey & Williams, Overland Park, KS, Nikki E. Cannezzaro , Matthew McKain Clifford , Franke & Schultz, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Edward B. Thomson, III, Eric Bradley Thomson.

Kyle Duffy Donnelly , David L. Rein, Jr. , Erickson & Kernell, Leawood, KS, for Defendants-Appellees Team 3 Architects, Inc., Bruce H. Beatty.

Nicholas Berthoud Clifford, Jr. , Kelly Ann Meredith , Tucker & Ellis, Saint Louis, MO, Chad Michael Eggspuehler , Tucker & Ellis, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Elswood Smith Carlson, P.A.

Before GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


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