Legal Opinion
Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Square Deal Market Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 2, 1953No. 11599_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an unfair competition case, in which each party claims a superior right to the use of the name “Food Fair” in the operation of retail grocery stores in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas.
Plaintiff-appellant operates a chain of supermarkets in various states along the Atlantic seaboard. Since the opening of its first “Food Fair” store in Baltimore in 1935, its holdings have increased to 151 markets, almost all of which bear the name “Food Fair.” Tts first store in the Washington Metropolitan area was opened in nearby Virginia in 1946. Another was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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