Legal Opinion
White Tower System, Inc. v. White Castle System of Eating Houses Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1937No. 7133PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal deals with the question whether one who has substantially appropriated a trade name and advertising slogan and has knowingly imitated a building of peculiar style, with knowledge of their previous use in the same business by anothér, can enjoin the originator from using its own style of building, trade name and slogan in territory in which the junior user first operated, and whether the originator in turn can enjoin' the junior user from such use.
Appellant filed its bill of complaint, seeking relief from alleged unfair competition. Appellee filed a cross-bill,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Canal Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Vogue Co. v. Thompson-Hudson Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
- Sweet Sixteen Co. v. Sweet "16" Shop, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Johanna Farms, Inc. v. Citrus Bowl, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- El Chico, Inc. v. El Chico CafeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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