Legal Opinion
Towers Financial Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 16, 1992No. 92 Civ. 629 (KTD)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
FREEH, District Judge.
Plaintiff Towers Financial Corporation (“Towers”) has moved, by Order to Show Cause, for a temporary restraining order barring defendant Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (“D & B”) from publishing a Business Information Report (“BIR Report”) on Towers pending expedited discovery and hearing on Towers’ motion for preliminary injunction. Towers alleges that because the proposed BIR Report is both false and misleading, it constitutes a . violation. of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(2), and the New York State General Business Law, §§ 349 and 350, as well as the…
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- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Reuters Limited v. United Press International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Johnson & Johnson v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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