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TACKER v. WILSON

No. 92-2586-4/BRE.

830 F.Supp. 422 (1993)

Alfred T. TACKER, d/b/a Family Heritage Casket Gallery, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Elmer WILSON, individually, and Wilson Metal Casket Company, Inc.; Batesville Casket Company, Inc.; Delta Casket Company, Inc.; Memphis Casket Company, Inc.; Wilbert Burial Vault Company, Inc.; Doric of Memphis, Inc.; Memorial Park, Inc.; Memorial Guardian Plans, Inc.; Westpoint Casket Company, Inc.; Henry Spikes, individually, and as a Director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers; Leon Ridgeway, individually, and as a Director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; Thomas Strickland, individually, and as a Director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; Robert P. Shackelford, Jr., individually, and as a Director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; Arthur Pickle, individually, and as a Director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; Service Corporation International; Memorial Park, Inc.; and Memorial Guardian Plans, Inc., d/b/a Memphis Funeral Home, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, W.D.

August 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Gilder, Southhaven, MS, for Alfred T. Tacker.

James R. Garts, Jr., Harris, Shelton, Dunlap & Cobb, Memphis, TN, Paul B. Plant, Harwell & Plant, Lawrenceberg, TN, for Elmer Wilson, Individually and Wilson Metal Casket Co., Inc.

Donald E. Knebel, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Batesville Casket Co., Inc., and Doric of Memphis, Inc.

William W. Dunlap, Jr., Harris, Shelton, Dunlap & Cobb, Memphis, TN, for Batesville Casket Co., Inc.

Alan R. Wolfe, Joseph M. Crout, Williams, McDaniel & Wolfe, P.C., Memphis, TN, for Memphis Casket Co., Inc.

Michael Richards, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, TN, for Memphis Wilbert Vault Co., Inc., Memorial Guardian Plans, Inc., Henry Spikes, Leon Ridgeway, Thomas Strickland, Robert P. Shackelford, Jr., and Arthur Pickle.

Frank Carney and Alan E. Glenn, Evans & Petree, Memphis, TN, for Memorial Park, Inc.

B. Storey, Edwards, Storey, Marshall & Helveston, West Point, MS, for Westpoint Casket Co., Inc.

Myron L. Dale, Friest & Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, for Aurora Casket Co., Inc.

William W. Grubbs, Jr., Memphis, TN, for Delta Casket Co., Inc.

Hulon O. Warlick, Warlick, Myhr, and Brown, Memphis, TN.

Steven E. Winn, Office of the State Atty. Gen., Nashville, TN, for the State.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO DISMISS FILED BY WILSON METAL CASKET COMPANY, INC.; DORIC OF MEMPHIS, INC.; BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY, INC.; MEMPHIS CASKET COMPANY, INC.; WESTPOINT CASKET COMPANY, INC.

and

DISMISSING FROM THE ACTION HENRY SPIKES, LEON RIDGEWAY, THOMAS STRICKLAND, ROBERT P. SHACKELFORD, JR., and ARTHUR PICKLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF FUNERAL...

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