Legal Opinion

Wassyng v. Disabled American Veterans Service Foundation

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided February 20, 1950PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

S. H. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves for reargument of its motion for summary judgment. Defendant cross moves for dismissal of the complaint.

The facts are no longer in dispute. They are (1) that plaintiff entered a nation-wide word building and identification contest sponsored by defendant; (2) that the rules specifically provided that only words in the ■“English language” could be used; and (3) that defendant excluded one of the words submitted by plaintiff on the ground that it was a foreign word and not a word in the ■“English language”.

Plaintiff claims that this exclusion was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kihlberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Davidson v. Times Printing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Furgiele v. Disabled American Veterans Service FoundationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
  2. Johnson v. BP Oil Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  3. Baez v. Disabled American Veterans Service FoundationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
  4. Mange v. Unicorn Press, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
  5. Johnson v. New York Daily NewsNew York Supreme Court · 1982

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