Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith v. National Mexican American Anti-Defamation Committee, Inc.

Opinion

PER CURIAM. Dissenting opinion by Circuit Judge MacKINNON: PER CURIAM:

Appellant filed a complaint in the District Court to enjoin appellee from retaining or using in its corporate name or otherwise the term and phrase “Anti-Defamation Committee”, and for related relief. Trial was held by the District Court, as in equity, without a jury. At the conclusion of appellant’s evidence, the court, on appellee’s motion, dismissed the complaint.

The principal basis for appellant’s claim of right to the injunctive relief sought was that since its organization in 1913 under the name Anti-Defamation…