Legal Opinion
Food Center, Inc. v. Food Fair Stores, Inc., Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Food Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 1966No. 6606_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are corporations carrying on a retail supermarket grocery business in Massachusetts under the name “New England Food Fair”. The defendant corporations operate the nation’s fifth largest chain of grocery supermarkets under the name “Food Fair” in fifteen states, but not yet in Massachusetts. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin defendants from operating under the name “Food Fair” in “the Massachusetts area” and defendants by counterclaim seek to enjoin plaintiffs from using the words “Food Fair” in their name. The district judge dismissed both complaint and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Food Fair, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
- La Societe Anonyme Des Parfums Le Galion v. Jean Patou, Inc. And Michael Stramiello, Jr., Collector of Customs of the Portof New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Johanna Farms, Inc. v. Citrus Bowl, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Modular Cinemas of America, Inc. v. Mini Cinemas Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Raxton Corporation, D/B/A Off the Rax v. Anania Associates, Inc., D/B/A Off the RackCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Sample, Inc. v. PorrathAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
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