Legal Opinion
Potato Chip Institute v. General Mills, Inc.
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided October 13, 1971No. Civ. 1585 LPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
URBOM, District Judge.
The pivotal issue is whether labeling or advertising a product as “potato chips” tends falsely to describe or represent the product when it has been fashioned from dried potato granules rather than from sliced raw potatoes. Following five days of extensive presentation of evidence, careful briefing by counsel, and oral arguments, this court concludes that such labeling and advertising do not tend falsely to describe or represent the product if the labeling and advertising are accompanied by a prominent…
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