Legal Opinion
Earl W. Green v. U. S. Chewing Gum Mfg. Co., and H. L. Wilkinson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1955No. 15293PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The question to be decided is whether,, within the venue section of the Clayton Act, 1 a corporation “transacts business” in a judicial district when the corporation located outside the district receives orders by mail sent from within the district, and in filling such orders delivers a substantial amount of its product into the district, but does no soliciting there except by mail and performs no other substantial activity there.
The plaintiff was engaged in the business of selling ball chewing gum both wholesale and through retail vending machines, and had been so…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- United States v. Scophony Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by38 opinions
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