Legal Opinion
Scalise v. National Utility Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1941No. 9879PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit, on allegations showing that considerably more than $3,000 was involved, was for injunction against the use by the corporate defendant of the plaintiff’s corporate name, National Utility Service, Incorporated, and for $25,000 damages, actual and punitive, against all the defendants for having obtained a charter in, and for the use of, said name.
The claim was that plaintiff, a foreign corporation, with no permit to do business in Florida, having begun a suit in a Florida state court against defendant, Scalise, and defendant, having pleaded in abatement,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Chipley v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- Wardman-Justice Motors, Inc. v. PetrieCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
- The Children's Bootery v. SutkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Dade Enterprises, Inc. v. Wometco Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1935
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Lassitter v. Intern. Union of Op. Engin.Supreme Court of Florida · 1977
- Sidney J. Brown v. James R. Coates, Marion E. Coates, and Margaret E. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Hannahs v. NoahSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1968
- Reynolds v. PeglerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Kozar v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1970
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