Warren Kobatake Pleasonton Corp., a Hawaii Corporation v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company Alston & Bird, a Georgia Partnership Including Professional Corporations, Ellis W. Lay, Individually and D.B.A. Wintergreen Nurseries Prince Nurseries, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware Corporation Alston & Bird, a Georgia Partnership

162 F.3d 619

12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 377

Warren KOBATAKE; Pleasonton Corp., a Hawaii Corporation, et

al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; Alston & Bird, A

Georgia Partnership Including Professional

Corporations, Defendants-Appellees.

Ellis W. LAY, Individually and d.b.a. Wintergreen Nurseries;

Prince Nurseries, Inc., a North Carolina

corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware corporation;

Alston & Bird, a Georgia Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

Nos. 97-8899, 97-8914.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eleventh Circuit.

Dec. 3,…