Legal Opinion
Dovenmuehle v. Gilldorn Mortgage Midwest Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 5, 1989No. Nos. 87-2275, 87-2442PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs sued defendants claiming that defendants’ use of the trade name “Doven-muehle, Inc.” violated § 43(a) of the Lan-ham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and their rights under state law. The district court, in a thorough and well-reasoned opinion, dismissed plaintiffs’ Lanham Act claims for lack of standing and then dismissed plaintiffs’ pendent state claims for lack of an independent jurisdictional basis. See Dovenmuehle v. Gilldorn Mortgage Midwest Corp., 670 F.Supp. 795 (N.D.Ill.1987). We affirm.
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