Legal Opinion
Frito-Lay, Inc. v. So Good Potato Chip Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1976No. 75-1438PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
Frito-Lay, Inc. appeals from the judg.ment of the District Court dismissing its complaint in which it sought damages and injunctive relief against So Good Potato Chip Company resulting from So Good’s marketing of corn chip products in a package which Frito-Lay contended was both unfair competition and in breach of a specific contractual undertaking not to use similar packaging. The District Court, sitting without a jury, held that the So Good packaging did not constitute unfair competition because there was no evidence of an attempt by So Good to palm off its products…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. RaynorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Avrick v. Rockmont Envelope Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States Fo AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- State of New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Calvin Klein Cosmetics Corporation, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Lenox Laboratories, Inc., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- John MacKey v. National Football LeagueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Sun-Fun Products, Inc. v. Suntan Research & Development Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Gay Lib v. The University Of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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