Legal Opinion
Factors Etc., Inc., and Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc. And Stop and Shop Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 12, 1983No. Docket 80-7692PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
On June 29, 1981, this panel of the Court, by a divided vote, issued an opinion reversing the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs-appel-lees and the issuance of a permanent injunction barring the defendants-appellants from marketing a poster depicting Elvis Presley. Factors, Etc., Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc., 652 F.2d 278 (2d Cir.1981). The basis for that ruling, familiarity with which is assumed, was that in the absence of authoritative guidance from the courts of Tennessee, we would deem controlling in this di*12versify case the decision of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Factors Etc., Inc. And Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc. And Stop and Shop Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Phoenix Cotton Oil Co. v. Royal Indemnity Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1918
- Memphis Development Foundation v. Factors Etc., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Veryfine Products, Inc. v. Phlo Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- Factors Etc., Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
- Reeves v. United ArtistsDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1983
- STATE EX REL. ELVIS PRESLEY INTL. MEMORIAL FOUNDATION v. CrowellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
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