Legal Opinion
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company v. Masters Mail Order Company of Washington, D. C., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1957No. 7250_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision on this appeal is whether the Maryland Fair Trade Act is violated by the advertisement in Maryland of goods sold below fair trade prices in the District of Columbia, which is a free trade jurisdiction.
The Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company is a Michigan corporation and is engaged throughout the United States in the business of manufacturing, selling and distributing carpet sweepers. All of its merchandise bears the company’s trademarks for which it has established a valuable name, reputation and good will by the expenditure of large sums of money.…
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