JTH TAX, INC. v. H & R BLOCK EASTERN TAX SERVICES

No. CIV. A. 2:00CV51.

128 F.Supp.2d 926 (2001)

JTH TAX, INC. d/b/a/ Liberty Tax Service, et al., Plaintiffs, v. H & R BLOCK EASTERN TAX SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia. Norfolk Division.

February 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Vincent Chiusano, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, Walter Dekalb Kelley, Jr., Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, Robert L. O'Donnell, Richard Hooper Ottinger, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk, VA, Glen Michael Robertson, Payne, Gates, Farthing & Radd, P.C., Norfolk, VA, Frank Alwin Edgar, Jr., Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, VA, Carl Jay Khalil, JTH Tax, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs, Anne M. Burton, Christopher R. Zink, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for JTH Tax, Inc.

Carl Jay Khalil, JTH Tax, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, Glen Michael Robertson, Payne, Gates, Farthing & Radd, P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Thomas Bennett, Jama Corleto, Charles Dawson, Landstown Preschool, Inc., James Forguson, Ann Marie Forguson, A & J Tax Service, Annette Hobbs, Donnie Hobbs, Danda Inc., Vincent Jackson, Daniel Lepkowski, Freedom Tax, Inc., Charles Lovelace, Creative Management Systems, Inc., Kathleen Ponte, John Seal, Marcia Seal, JMS Tax, Inc., Syed Sherazi, B & L Investment, Inc., Richard Simon, Dennis Stuver, DCM & B, LLC.

Benita Webster Ellen, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, Rodney F. Page, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel C. Schwartz, Elaine F. Foreman, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC, N. Louise Ellingsworth, Mark W. Brennan, Nilesh S. Patel, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, for H & R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc.

Robert L. O'Donnell, Richard Hooper Ottinger, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk, VA, Carl Jay Khalil, JTH Tax, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Frank Grim.

Benita Webster Ellen, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, N. Louise Ellingsworth, Mark W. Brennan, Nilesh S. Patel, Bryan Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, for H & R Block Tax Service, Inc.


CORRECTED MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for decision following a bench trial. JTH Tax, Inc. ("Liberty Tax Service") and thirteen Liberty Tax Service franchises (collectively, "Plaintiffs") allege that H & R Block, Inc. and H & R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants") engaged in false and misleading advertising in their offering of a "no additional charge refund...

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