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NTP Marble, Inc. v. AAA Hellenic Marble, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Feb 24, 2012
CIVIL ACTION No.: 09-cv-05783 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 24, 2012)

Summary

finding commercial speech where plaintiff and defendant were direct competitors in the marble and granite installation business, and defendant attempted to anonymously post numerous negative reviews about Plaintiff on several websites

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION No.: 09-cv-05783

02-24-2012

NTP MARBLE, INC., t/a COLONIAL MARBLE & GRANITE, Plaintiff, v. AAA HELLENIC MARBLE, INC., NICHOLAS ALEXIADIS, RICHARD MOSER, Defendants.


ORDER

AND NOW, this 24TH day of February, 2012, upon consideration of Defendants AAA Hellenic Marble, Inc.'s, Nicholas Alexiadis', and Richard Moser's Motion for Summary Judgment (Docs. Nos. 88-89), Plaintiff NTP Marble, Inc. t/a Colonial Marble and Granite's Response to the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 92), Defendants' Reply to Plaintiff's Response (Doc. No. 95), Defendants' Supplemental Brief in Support of the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 99), and Plaintiff's Supplemental Brief in Support of Opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 101), and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that summary judgment is DENIED.

BY THE COURT:

______________________

LYNNE A. SITARSKI

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE


Summaries of

NTP Marble, Inc. v. AAA Hellenic Marble, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Feb 24, 2012
CIVIL ACTION No.: 09-cv-05783 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 24, 2012)

finding commercial speech where plaintiff and defendant were direct competitors in the marble and granite installation business, and defendant attempted to anonymously post numerous negative reviews about Plaintiff on several websites

Summary of this case from Golo, LLC v. Highya, LLC
Case details for

NTP Marble, Inc. v. AAA Hellenic Marble, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:NTP MARBLE, INC., t/a COLONIAL MARBLE & GRANITE, Plaintiff, v. AAA…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Feb 24, 2012

Citations

CIVIL ACTION No.: 09-cv-05783 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 24, 2012)

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