Legal Opinion
Sheherazade, Inc. v. Mardikian
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1958No. 2155PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellee, who since 1932 has operated a restaurant in California under the trade name of “Omar Khayyam,” sued for and obtained a permanent injunction against the use of that name by appellant, which for more than a year has operated a restaurant in the District of Columbia under the same name. The case was argued here on the merits, but before reaching the merits we are first compelled to consider the jurisdiction of the trial court to entertain the action.
The present Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, created by the Act of April 1, 1942, has “exclusive…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stork Restaurant, Inc. v. SahatiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Al Friedman v. International Association of MacHinistsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Klepinger v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Seaboard Finance Company v. Honorable Wade O. Martin, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana and Seaboard Finance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Rowe v. Nolan Finance Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Manual De J. Gomez v. Jerry v. Wilson, Chief of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Paton v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Friedman v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Brown v. Greenwich Lounge, IncorporatedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Villacres v. HaddadDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
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