Legal Opinion
Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. v. Smith System Manufacturing Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 10, 2006No. 98 C 0287PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, District Judge.
The remaining project in this protracted case is to set the amount of fees and costs Smith System Manufacturing Company (“Smith”) will receive for defending Bret-ford Manufacturing Inc.’s (“Bretford”) unfounded trade dress claim in this court and on appeal. The parties have submitted a Joint Statement pursuant to Local Rule 54.3 and have briefed the issues on which they disagree.
Before addressing the areas of disagreement, it will be useful to discuss the burden of persuasion. District courts are required to apply the rule announced in Hensley v.…
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