Nilssen v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 10-1139 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 10, 2011)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

OLE K. NILSSEN,

Plaintiff,

and

GEO FOUNDATION, LTD.,

Plaintiff-Appellant.

v.

WAL-MART STORES, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP.,

Defendant-Appellee.

and

MENARD, INC., ACE HARDWARE CORP.,

TRUSERV CORPORATION, AND HOME DEPOT,

INC.,

Defendants,

and

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

and

IKEA ILLINOIS, LLC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

2010-1139

2Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 04-CV-5363, Judge Robert W. Gettleman.

JUDGMENT

LELAND W. HUTCHINSON, JR., Freeborn & Peters, LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was JONATHAN HILL.

ANTHONY J. FITZPATRICK, Duane Morris, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for all defendants-appellees. With him on the brief was CHRISTOPHER S. KROON for Costco Wholesale Corporation. Also on the brief were GARY W. SMITH, Posternak Blankstein & Lund, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; KIMBALL R. ANDERSON, and KATHLEEN B. BARRY, Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, for Lowes’s Home Centers, Inc., and BUREDEN J. WARREN, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, of Washington, DC, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC. Of counsel was MARGARET M. DUNCAN, for IKEA, Illinois, LLC.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: