CORNICE & ROSE INTERNATIONAL, LLC v. FOUR KEYS

No. 22-1976.

76 F.4th 1116 (2023)

CORNICE & ROSE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FOUR KEYS, LLC; First Security Bank & Trust Co.; Perry Novak Electric, Inc.; Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer; Dean Snyder Construction Co.; Mick Gage Plumbing & Heating, Inc.; Northern Cedar Service Co., Inc.; WWA Design, LLC, doing business as Atura Architecture, Defendants-Appellees. Marco Technologies, LLC; Young Construction, Ltd.; Kamm Excavating Corp.; Superior Lumber, Inc.; Brian Young, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Peter Craig Riley , of Cedar Rapids, IA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees First Security Bank & Trust Co., Four Keys and Mr. Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer was Jacob W. Nelson, of Cedar Rapids, IA. Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees Dean Snyder Construction Co. and WWA Design, LLC and appeared on the brief was Gregory Witke , of Des Moines, IA.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief for First Security Bank & Trust Co., Four Keys and Mr. Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer; Roger W. Stone, of Cedar Rapids, IA., and Eric W. Lam, of Cedar Rapids, IA. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief for Northern Cedar Service Co., Inc.; Jason C. Palmer, of Des Moines, IA., and Benjamin J. Kenkel, of Des Moines, IA. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief for Mick Gage Plumbing and Heating, Inc.; Judith Mack O'Donohoe , of Charles City, IA.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


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