Legal Opinion
Booth v. Colgate-Palmolive Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 6, 1973No. 71 Civ. 932PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BONSAL, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Shirley Booth, instituted this action on March 2, 1971, against defendants Colgate-Palmolive Company (“Colgate”) and Ted Bates & Co., Inc. (“Bates”) to recover as compensatory and exemplary damages the sum of $4,000,000, which she claims she sustained by reason of the defendants’ unfair competition and defamation. Her complaint alleges three causes of action: (1) under the New York State common law of unfair competition; (2) under the Lanham Trade-Mark Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); 1 and (3) under the New York State law of defamation. Jurisdiction is…
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