Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. American Oil Co.

BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal provides yet another chapter in the story of Standard Oil and of the many Standard Oil controversies which have added color to the body of our law of trademarks, trade names, and restraint of trade.1

The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing their complaint (filed July 9, 1963) by which they seek, under Rule 60(b), Fed.R.Civ. P., to modify and amend that court’s injunction issued July 8, 1937, and affirmed by this court in Esso, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co., 98 F.2d 1 (8 Cir. 1938).

The plaintiffs are three:

Standard Oil Company, a New…