Legal Opinion
Best Foods, Inc. v. General Mills, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 23, 1943No. Civ. No. 321PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, District Judge.
The motion for consideration is by defendant under Rule 12(e) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, for a more definite statement of matters averred in paragraphs 9, 13 and 14 of the complaint.
Plaintiffs manufacture commercially prepared oats under various trade names. Defendant’s product is a ready-to-eat breakfast food called “Cheerioats”. Plaintiffs seek to prevent defendant from using the word “oats” because defendant’s product is not oats; it does not contain the qualities which defendant claims for it; defendant, by misnaming its…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Westmoreland Asbestos Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1939
- Brinley v. LewisDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1939
- Louisiana Farmers' Protective Union, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1940
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Dupont Textile Mills, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Association of American RailroadsDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1945
- Paramount Film Distributing Corp. v. RamDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1950
- Perrott v. United States Banking CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1944
- Fischer & Porter Co. v. Sheffield Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. SchumacherDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1944
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