Legal Opinion
General Industries Co. v. 20 Wacker Drive Bldg. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1946No. 8777PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
The defendants appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff which enjoined them from adopting and using the name General Industries Corporation.
The plaintiff, incorporated in Ohio in 1914, first adopted the name, The General Industries Company, in 1925. During World War II it manufactured largely military equipment. Before the war it had made and sold plastic parts, spring motors, electric motors, phonograph record changers, sound recording units, typewriters, heat regulators, road ‘markers, automobile horns, movie projectors, massage machines, plumbing supplies,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Howe Scale Co. v. Wyckoff, Seamans & BenedictSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Columbia Mill Co. v. AlcornSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
- City of Georgetown v. THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL COMPANY, &C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1838
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Consumers Petroleum Co. v. Consumers Co. of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- American Automobile Ins. Co. v. American Auto ClubCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Hulburt Oil & Grease Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Hulburt Oil & Grease Company, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Occidental Life Ins. Co. of California v. KielhornDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1951
- Consumers Petroleum Co. v. Consumers Co. of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
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