OMI Holdings, Inc. v. Howell

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROGERS, Senior District Judge.

This case is now before the court upon defendant’s motion to dismiss. Plaintiff in the case at bar was the defendant in the case of Manildra Milling Corporation v. Ogilvie Mills, Inc., Case No. 86-2457-S (“Manildra”). Manildra is a protracted, complex patent ease. Defendant in the case at bar was an expert witness for Manildra Milling Corporation in Manildra. The first trial of the Manildra ease ended in a mistrial. The mistrial was announced on the eighteenth day of trial. Plaintiff filed a motion for sanctions and attorney’s fees pursuant to…