United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is reversed where plaintiff's stated claims under the Lanham Act, alleging false advertising and unfair competition, were sufficient for purposes of Rule 12(b)(6).

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2004
• Published 08/17/2004

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  STRAUB, POOLER, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael S. Elkin (Thomas P. Lane, Shari Markowitz Savitt, on the brief), Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William M. Bosch (Brian H. Corcoran, Julie Pechersky, on the brief), Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P., LHO New Orleans LM, L.P., LHO New Orleans Financing, Inc., LHO Financing Partnership I, L.P., LHO Financing, Inc., LaSalle Partners Limited, LRP Dallas Hotel Limited Partnership, Michael D. Barnello, and LaSalle Hotel Properties, Inc., George Brandon, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.