Legal Opinion
Truck Equipment Service Company, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Fruehauf Corporation, Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1976No. 75-1415 and 75-1428PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Truck Equipment Service Company (TESCO) is a closely held corporation, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, engaged in the business of servicing and manufacturing semi-trailers. It is the original manufacturer of a twin hopper bottomed grain or bulk commodity semi-trailer featuring a twin hopper design and structure that has been sold in interstate commerce since 1968 under the label “Cornhusker 800.” Fruehauf Corporation is a leading manufacturer of semi-trailers headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. It used photographs of the TES-CO trailer in its sales literature to…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by145 opinions
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