Legal Opinion
General Finance Loan Co. v. General Loan Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1947No. 13495PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment and decree for the plaintiff permanently enjoining defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, privies, successors and assigns, from using the word “General” or any name identical with or similar to of in imitation thereof in their official titles and in the conduct of their businesses in the city of St. Louis and in the state of Missouri. All the parties are engaged in the loan business in Missouri, and the judgment is predicated upon a finding of unfair competition in the defendants’ use of the word…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- WHITING v. the Bank of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- I. T. S. Rubber Co. v. Essex Rubber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Theodore A. Harris, Father and Next Friend of Patrick Harris, a Minor v. Richard D. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Best & Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Jewel Tea Co., Inc. v. KrausCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Eastmount Construction Company and American Surety Company v. Transport Manufacturing & Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
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