Legal Opinion
Gulf Coast Bank v. Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 10, 1995No. 94-C-2203PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
652 So.2d 1306 (1995)
GULF COAST BANK
v.
GULF COAST BANK & TRUST COMPANY.
No. 94-C-2203.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 10, 1995.
Paul J. Hebert, Lafayette, for applicant.
Jack A. Ricci, Gary J. Giepert, Ricci & Giepert, New Orleans, for respondent.
KIMBALL, Justice.[*]
We granted certiorari to consider the viability of our holding in Straus Frank Co. v. Brown, 246 La. 999, 169 So.2d 77 (1964), requiring one to prove fraud in a suit seeking an injunction against alleged trade name infringement. We conclude that one need not prove fraud to enjoin another from using its trade name, but rather must…
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