Legal Opinion
Blue Dane Simmental Corp. v. American Simmental Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1999No. 98-1557, 98-1615, 98-1617, 98-1727, 98-1815PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Blue Dane Simmental Corporation, Roland Nuss, Ron Vlasin, and Dennis Ber-horst (plaintiffs) appeal the grant of judgment as a matter of law entered by the district court 2 in favor of the American Simmental Association (ASA), Tom Rising-er, and Risinger Ranches (defendants). We affirm.
I
The ASA was organized in 1968 as a non-profit corporation for “the development, recording, registration, and promotion of the Simmental breed of cattle in the United States of America.” To catalog Simmental cattle within the United States, the ASA maintains what is known as an open…
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