Legal Opinion
Guardian Life Insurance v. Guardian National Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 23, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 7110PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a well known “old-line” life insurance company operating throughout the country, seeks to restrain the defendant corporation, a small recent upstart in the insurance field licensed only in Louisiana, from using the word “Guardian” in its corporate name. The basic facts are given in an earlier opinion of the court denying plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction, 158 F.Supp. 623, 625 and need not be repeated here.1
*853At the outset, it is important to emphasize that the claim does not arise under the Federal Copyright law,2 the Lanham Trade-Mark…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- LaTouraine Coffee Co. v. Lorraine Coffee Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Standard Brands, Inc. v. SmidlerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Sears, Roebuck & Company and Allstate Insurance Company v. All States Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gulf Coast Bank v. Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- Great Lakes Carbon Corporation v. Continental Oil CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1963
- Couhig's Pestaway Company, Inc. v. Pestaway, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- LeFebure Corporation v. Lefebure, IncorporatedDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
- First Realty Group, Inc. v. First Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1987
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