Legal Opinion
Bacardi Corp. of America v. Domenech
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 9, 1940No. 21PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
delivered the opinion of the Court.'
This case presents the question of the validity of legislation of Puerto Rico prohibiting the use of trade marks, .brands, or trade names, on distilled spirits manufactured in Puerto Rico if the marks, brands, or names had previously been used anywhere outside Puerto Rico, unless they had been used on spirits manufactured in Puerto Rico on or before February 1,1936, or in the case of trade marks they had been used exclusively in continental United States prior to that date.
•Petitioner, Bacardi Corporation of America, .brought this suit in the District Court…
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