Opinion
2014-1403
05-26-2016
DEERE & COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DUROC LLC, FKA BUSH HOG, LLC, ALAMO GROUP, INC., BUSH HOG, INC., GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED, Defendants-Appellees
RODERICK R. MCKELVIE, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Robert Jason Fowler, Jay I. Alexander, Stephen Pierce Anthony. SCOTT W. HEJNY, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX, argued for defendants-appellees Alamo Group, Inc., and Bush Hog, Inc. Also represented by PHILLIP AURENTZ; JOEL LANCE THOLLANDER, Austin, TX. CRAIG C. MARTIN, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-appellee Duroc LLC. Also represented by DAVID JIMENEZ-EKMAN, SARA TONNIES HORTON, MICHAEL ANTHONY SCODRO, STEVEN R. TRYBUS. SCOTT R. BROWN, Hovey Williams LLP, Overland Park, KS, argued for defendant-appellee Great Plains Manufacturing Incorporated. Also represented by MATTHEW B. WALTERS.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in No. 3:09-cv-00095-CRW-TJS, Senior Judge Charles R. Wolle.
JUDGMENT
RODERICK R. MCKELVIE, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Robert Jason Fowler, Jay I. Alexander, Stephen Pierce Anthony. SCOTT W. HEJNY, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX, argued for defendants-appellees Alamo Group, Inc., and Bush Hog, Inc. Also represented by PHILLIP AURENTZ; JOEL LANCE THOLLANDER, Austin, TX. CRAIG C. MARTIN, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-appellee Duroc LLC. Also represented by DAVID JIMENEZ-EKMAN, SARA TONNIES HORTON, MICHAEL ANTHONY SCODRO, STEVEN R. TRYBUS. SCOTT R. BROWN, Hovey Williams LLP, Overland Park, KS, argued for defendant-appellee Great Plains Manufacturing Incorporated. Also represented by MATTHEW B. WALTERS. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PLAGER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT May 26, 2016
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter Marksteiner
Clerk of Court