Legal Opinion
Family Motor Inn, Inc. v. L-K Enterprises Division Consolidated Foods Corp.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided August 2, 1973No. Civ. 1695PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SWINFORD, District Judge.
This unfair competition action was commenced in Kenton Circuit Court and removed to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). The dispute involves the parties’ mutual use of the term “family” in connection with the operation of restaurants in the same locale. Attacking defendant’s use of the term as a public deception and exploitation of plaintiff’s good-will, the complaint seeks injunctive relief and ' unspecified damages. The defendant’s petition for removal recites diversity of citizenship and alleges that the injunctive relief sought by plaintiff would…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Steven Goldsmith v. Major General James W. SutherlandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. McConnellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Tennessee · 1897
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. City of GirardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. PinkstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Wisconsin Electric Co. v. Dumore Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Asociacion Nacional De Pescadores a Pequena Escala O Artesanales De Colombia (Anpac) v. Dow Quimica De Colombia S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Snow v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Cole v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1990
- Ray McCarty and Genevieve McCarty v. Amoco Pipeline CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Bedell v. H.R.C. Ltd.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1981
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