Legal Opinion

Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis v. L & L Exhibition Management, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 12, 2000No. 99-3609PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

L & L Exhibition Management, Inc. (“L & L”), appeals the district court 2 judgment that L & L violated § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), by competing unfairly with the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis (“HBA”) in marketing and presenting home and garden shows in St. Louis. We affirm.

I. Background

HBA is a nonprofit organization representing the home-building industry in metropolitan St. Louis. HBA members build homes; associate members supply goods and services to home builders. HBA has sponsored home and garden shows in the greater St. Louis…

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3Cited by28 opinions

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