Legal Opinion
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, Inc. v. American Heritage Products, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 20, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 80-2253APublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
RICHARD C. FREEMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, Inc. (Center), a non-profit corporation, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Administratrix of the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Estate), and Motown Record Corporation, a holder of certain copyrights, seek a preliminary injunction, Rule 65(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., against defendants. They allege, inter alia, that defendant American Heritage Products, Inc. of Franklin, Ohio, is unlawfully manufacturing and selling plastic busts of Dr. King, and marketing the busts using the name of the Center and…
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