ROTTLUND CO. v. PINNACLE CORP.

Nos. 05-1296, 05-1501, 05-1398.

452 F.3d 726 (2006)

THE ROTTLUND COMPANY, INC., doing business as Rottlund Homes, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. PINNACLE CORPORATION, doing business as Town & Country Homes, an Illinois corporation; Town & Country Homes, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners of Iowa, Inc., an Iowa corporation; The Bloodgood Group, Inc., an Iowa corporation, Defendants/Appellees. The Rottlund Company, Inc., doing business as Rottlund Homes, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Pinnacle Corporation, doing business as Town & Country Homes, an Illinois corporation; Town & Country Homes, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants, Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners of Iowa, Inc., an Iowa corporation; The Bloodgood Group, Inc., an Iowa corporation, Defendants/Appellants. The Rottlund Company, Inc., doing business as Rottlund Homes, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Pinnacle Corporation, doing business as Town & Country Homes, an Illinois corporation; Town & Country Homes, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants/Appellants, Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners of Iowa, Inc., an Iowa corporation; The Bloodgood Group, Inc., an Iowa corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Boyd, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Robert R. Weinstine, Craig S. Krummen, Philip R. Mahowald and David A. Davenport of Minneapolis, on the brief), for appellant

Christopher J. Murdoch of Chicago, IL (Matthew I. Farmer Chicago, IL, Land Darren B. Schwiebert, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellee Pinnacle Corporation d/b/a Town & Country Homes.

Holly J. Newman and Benjamin Patrick, Minneapolis, MN, for Bloodgood.

Before WOLLMAN, McMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

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