Legal Opinion

Yellow Cab Co. of Pittsburgh v. Gasper

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided February 9, 1998No. CIV. A. 97-1390PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

D. BROOKS SMITH, District Judge.

This is a trademark and unfair competition dispute between Yellow Cab Company and one of its competitors. It arises largely out of a television commercial which depicted passengers in a Yellow Cab being subjected to an unpleasant, unsafe and untimely journey while passengers in the competitor’s limousine enjoyed a safe, comfortable, luxurious trip. Yellow Cab filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, where a preliminary injunction was entered and where defendants’ preliminary objections were for the most part…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. James F. Boyer and Mary R. Boyer v. Snap-On Tools Corporation, Kenneth Baldwin and Keith A. Kaiser. Appeal of James F. Boyer and Mary R. BoyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  2. Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Cecilia Dukes, Trustee Ad Litem of the Estate of Darryl Dukes, Deceased v. U.S. Healthcare, Inc. Germantown Hospital & Medical Center William W. Banks, M.D. Charles R. Drew Mental Health Center Edward B. Hosten, M.D. Serena Mary Visconti, Deceased, by Linda and Ronald Visconti, as Administrators of the Estate of Serena Mary Visconti, Deceased Linda Visconti Ronald Visconti, in Their Own Right v. U.S. Health Care, A/K/A the Health Maintenance Organization of Pennsylvania/njCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
  5. Billy Max Brown v. Demco, Inc. v. Employers Casualty Co., Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Boehme, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
  2. Cartwright v. Thomas Jefferson University HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. in Re: George F. Boehme, InstantNewsNetwork.com, Inc. and FortBendNow, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008

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