Legal Opinion
Service Publications, Inc. v. Goverman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 17, 1986PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
For approximately twenty-five years prior to 1978, William Goverman operated, quite successfully, a magazine subscription business, American Magazine Service Company (AMSC), which evolved into a sole proprietorship. AMSC solicited subscriptions nationwide to two magazines published by the plaintiff Service Publications, Inc. (SPI), for the beauty salon and barbershop industry. This activity was conducted within the “trade division” of AMSC. The “consumer division” of AMSC solicited subscriptions to nationally distributed magazines such as Time, Life, Newsweek and many more.
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