Read BRENNAN'S INC. v DICKIE BRENNEN & CO., 03-30470

Plaintiffs' award of $250,000 in damages on its breach of contract claims is affirmed, along with the denial of the plaintiffs' motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial on their fraudulent inducement claim; the district court's ruling that the 1998 agreement bars the plaintiffs from pursuing trademark related causes of action is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2004
• Published 07/22/2004

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edward Tuck Colbert (argued), Kenyon & Kenyon, Washington, DC, Lance James Arnold, Leon H. Rittenberg, III, Baldwin & Haspel, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., Gary J. Elkins (argued), Elkins & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.