COMBS v. THE CORDISH COMPANIES, INC.

No. 15-3265.

862 F.3d 671 (2017)

Dante A.R. COMBS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Adam S. Williams, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. THE CORDISH COMPANIES, INC.; Lounge KC, LLC, doing business as Mosaic; Entertainment Concepts Investors, LLC; First Response, Inc.; Entertainment Consulting International, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Jonathan Sternberg , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Linda S. Dickens , of Overland Park, KS.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellees The Cordish Companies, Inc.; Lounge KC; LLC; Entertainment Concepts Investors, LLC; and Entertainment Consulting International, LLC was David Lawrence Schenberg , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the brief; Patrick F. Hulla , of Kansas City, MO., Michael Lawrence Matula , of Kansas City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellee First Response, Inc. was Aaron Elliott Schwartz , of Overland Park, KS. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Nathaniel A Dulle , of Overland Park, KS.

Before RILEY, WOLLMAN and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


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