Legal Opinion
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Suburban Foods, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 10, 1955No. Civ. A. 1814PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, District Judge.
“Saveway”, adopted by the defendant in 1954 as a part of a trade name for a local retail self-service grocery at Norfolk, Virginia, is denounced by the plaintiff as an infringement of the trade name of “Safeway” which it has used continuously in Virginia since 1942, and elsewhere since 1926, to designate each of the cash-and-carry grocery stores in its national chain. Condemning it as unfair competition at common law, Safeway Stores, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation seeks to enjoin its continuance by Suburban Foods, Incorporated, a Virginia corporation. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- KVOS, Inc. v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Ross-Whitney Corp. v. Smith Kline & French LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Food Fair, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- Hanson v. Triangle Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Safeway Stores, Incorporated v. Safeway Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Miami Credit Bureau, Inc. v. Credit Bureau, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Chickasha Cotton Oil Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1959
- Cimarron's Old South Corp. v. Traveller's Alley Cafe, Inc.Richmond County Circuit Court · 1990
- Safeway Stores, Incorporated v. Safeway Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962