Legal Opinion

Tire Kingdom, Inc. v. Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 15, 2001No. 00-11190PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiff Tire Kingdom challenges the district court’s award of fees and costs to Defendants Bridgestone/Firestone, .Inc., Morgan Tire and Auto, Inc. and Larry Morgan. We affirm.

I

Plaintiff, a large multi-brand tire dealer in Florida, sued Defendants for alleged violations of the Lanham Act and state law. Plaintiff alleged that Defendants engaged in “schemes of deceptive trade practices” through the use of false multi-brand advertising. The scheme allegedly involved advertising various brands of tires to attract customers to the store and, then, switching those customers to purchase Firestone…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Blanchard v. BergeronSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  3. Safeway Stores, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. Safeway Discount Drugs, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  4. The Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Doing Business as Playboy MagazineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
  5. Waters v. International Precious Metals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999

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