Legal Opinion
Southland Sod Farms v. Stover Seed Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1997No. 94-56137PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs and Defendants are competing producers of turfgrass seed and sod. After Defendants ran advertisements claiming that their turfgrass was better than Plaintiffs’ in certain key characteristics, Plaintiffs brought this lawsuit alleging false advertising under the Lanham Act and related state laws. The district court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ruling that Plaintiffs had failed to raise a triable issue of fact on the key issues of falsity, causation, and damages. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse in part…
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