PW EAGLE, INC. v. SCHNASE

No. 8:05 CV 83.

376 F.Supp.2d 945 (2005)

PW EAGLE, INC., a Minnesota Corporation, and William Spell, Plaintiffs, v. Richard SCHNASE, Schnase Sales Company, L.L.C., a Nebraska Limited Liability Company, and Patrick Mertens, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

July 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Dorsey, James R. Mayer, Fredrickson, Byron Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, Russell A. Westerhold, Fraser, Stryker Law Firm, Omaha, for Plaintiff's Counsel.

Elizabeth M. Callaghan, Thomas A. Grennan, Gross, Welch Law Firm, Omaha, for Defense Counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, Chief Judge.

This is a fascinating commercial case involving a defamation claim, a claim of interference with prospective economic advantage, and a claim of common-law unfair competition. Oversimplified, the second amended complaint (filing 7) asserts that the internet was used anonymously by the defendants to defame and harm the plaintiffs and their business.2 The defendants are allegedly competitors...

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