Legal Opinion

Keith Walker, D/B/A Homefinder's v. Providence Journal Company

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 14, 1974No. 73-1308PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Homefinders of America, Inc. (Home-finders), a corporation with a primary place of business in Denver, Colorado, is engaged in the business of licensing or franchising independent businessmen in various states and Canada to use the Homefinders trademark and its distinctive method of providing information about housing vacancies. Keith Walker, the plaintiff, was the franchisee for Rhode Island.

Walker brought suit in the district court on March 5, 1973, alleging that the Providence Journal Co. (Journal), publisher of the only statewide morning and evening…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Otter Tail Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. United States v. Parke, Davis & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Albrecht v. Herald Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. H & B Equipment Company, Inc. v. International Harvester CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  2. Home Placement Service, Inc. v. The Providence Journal Company, Home Placement Service, Inc. v. The Providence Journal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  3. Efrain MacEira v. Luis Enrique PaganCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
  4. Sandstrom v. LarsenHawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  5. United States v. James A. Notarantonio, United States of America v. Edward Notorantonio, United States of America v. Inge Company IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985

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