Legal Opinion
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. v. John J. Reynolds, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 16, 1959PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff sues under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, for a judgment declaring that it is no longer obligated to make periodic payments to defendants based on its manufacture or sale of the well known product “Listerine”, under agreements made between Dr. J. J. Lawrence and J. W. Lambert in 1881, and between Dr. Lawrence and Lambert Pharmacal Company in 1885. Plaintiff also seeks to recover the payments made to defendants pursuant to these agreements since the commencement of the action.
Plaintiff is a Delaware corporation which…
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