United States Eighth Circuit

Dismissal of a complaint is affirmed where plaintiff, a trade organization, lacked standing for its claims, and also failed to state a Lanham Act violation in its claim that defendant, a "yellow pages" directory publisher, was violating the Act by listing general dentists under certain orthodontist-related categories.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2006
• Published 01/24/2006

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard B. Walsh, Jr., argued, St. Louis, MO (Neal F. Perryman, Michael J. Hickey, and Bridget G. Hoy, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark S. Sableman, argued, St. Louis, MO (Harry W. Wellford, Jr., and Sharon Rosenberg, on the brief), for appellee.