Legal Opinion
The American Plan Corporation v. State Loan & Finance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 4, 1966No. 15797_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STALEY, Chief Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether, under the law of Delaware, the appellant’s corporate name is of such a character as to prevent the appellee’s subsidiaries from adopting corporate names identical or similar to it.
The appellant, American Plan Corporation, is a service organization; it provides insurance coverage on chattels which are being purchased on installment contracts. Though appellant is not itself an insurance company, it places insurance for the benefit of the holders of commercial paper through a number of different carriers. The…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- American Steel Foundries v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
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