Legal Opinion
Holloway v. Bristol-Myers Corporation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 15, 1971No. Civ. A. 2194-70PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM B. JONES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages. They allege that defendant’s advertisement of its product Excedrin has been and is false as a result of which they, and all other persons similarly situated, have been injured and are continuing to be injured.
The false advertising plaintiffs assert is defendant’s statements that Excedrin is more than twice as effective an analgesic as aspirin and that this has been demonstrated by a study of pain among patients in a hospital. According to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gladys G. Holloway v. Bristol-Myers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Dorothy Carlson v. The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Glendenning Companies, Inc., a Connecticut CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Akau v. Olohana Corp.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1982
- Tucci v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
- B & W Management, Inc. v. Tasea Investment Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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