Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Opera Ass'n v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n of Chicago, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 2, 1948No. Civil Action 48 C 301PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a New York corporation, filed its complaint seeking to restrain defendant from using its corporate name.
There is little controversy as to the facts. Plaintiff and its predecessor, an unincorporated association, have for over sixty years been giving operatic performances of the highest quality. These productions have been given at its home, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and, for several years after its New York winter season was finished, it has given operatic performances in various cities including Philadelphia, Washington, Hartford, Albany,…
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