Legal Opinion

Yellow Cab Transit Co. v. Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 8, 1945No. 9853PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN,.Circuit Judge.

A quarter century ago an enterprising-Chicagoan, John Hertz, imported from-European travel the notion of painting; taxicabs yellow. From Chicago this yellow-coloring custom spread nationwide until these bright colored taxicabs now flash daily to and fro on the streets of all American cities of significant size. The yellow coloring of motor vehicles has brought about the present litigation.

Yellow cabs appeared in Louisville, Kentucky, and in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, almost simultaneously about twenty-five years ago. The appellee Louisville Taxicab and Transfer Company,…

2Cases cited40 opinions

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  4. Howe Scale Co. v. Wyckoff, Seamans & BenedictSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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