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BIG TOP USA, INC. v. WITTERN GROUP

Civil Action No. 97-10316-PBS.

998 F.Supp. 30 (1998)

BIG TOP USA, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE WITTERN GROUP; Fawn Vendor, Inc. d/b/a Selectivend National; O.K. Manufacturing; John Schofield; Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McLaughlin, Jr., Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, Boston, MA, Deborah C. Frankel, Big Top USA, Inc., for Big Top USA, Inc.

Hayward L. Draper, Hansell & O'Brien, Des Moines, IA, John B. Tuffnell, Nyemaster, Goode, Voights, West, Hansell & O'Brien, Des Moines, IA, for Wittern Group and Fawn Vendors, Inc.

John Egan, Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, MA, for Selectivend.

Charles M. Furcolo, Andrew P. Botti, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, Blake T. Ostler, Burbidge, Carahan, Ostler & White, Salt Lake City, UT, for O.K. Manufacturing.

Hayward L. Draper, Hansell & O'Brien, Des Moines, IA, for John Schofield and Selectivend National.

Richard E. Quinby, Janice O. Fahey, Craig & Macauley, P.C., Boston, MA, Jon B. Comstock, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Legal Dept., for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Richard E. Quinby, Janice O. Fahey, Craig & Macauley, P.C., Boston, MA, for Sam's Club.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

SARIS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case is about a giant gumball machine with a circus theme. Plaintiff Big Top USA, Inc. ("Big Top") developed and marketed a 82-inch tall, 300-pound gumball vending and amusement machine for operation in retail locations. Poised, or so its principals thought, to place its mouth-catching machines in Wal-Mart stores across the United...

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