General Electric Co. v. Masters, Inc.

Decided June 4, 1954. Charles W. Froessel wrote the opinion for the court.

307 N.Y. 229 · Cited 56 times

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• Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin · 328 U.S. 408
• Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp. · 299 U.S. 183
• In Re Rahrer · 140 U.S. 545
• Bourjois Sales Corp. v. Dorfman · 7 N.E.2d 30
• Doubleday, Doran & Co. v. R. H. MacY & Co. · 199 N.E. 409
• Tua v. Carriere · 117 U.S. 201
• Bristol-Myers Co. v. Picker · 302 N.Y. 61
• Port Chester Wine & Liquor Shop, Inc. v. Miller Bros. Fruiterers, Inc. · 22 N.E.2d 253
• Guerlain, Inc. v. F. W. Woolworth Co. · 74 N.E.2d 217
• Sunbeam Corp. v. MacMillan · 110 F. Supp. 836

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• General Electric Co. v. Kimball Jewelers, Inc. · 132 N.E.2d 652
• Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. v. Masters Mail Order Co. of Washington, D. C., Inc. · 140 F. Supp. 165
• Kinsey Distilling Sales Co. v. FOREMOST LIQUORS STORES, INC. · 154 N.E.2d 290
• General Electric Co. v. Masters Mail Order Co. · 145 F. Supp. 57
• Bulova Watch Co. v. Zale Jewelry Co. of Cheyenne · 371 P.2d 409
• Home Utilities Co. v. Revere Copper & Brass, Inc. · 122 A.2d 109
• General Electric Co. v. Wattle · 296 P.2d 635
• Quality Oil Co. v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 322 P.2d 731
• Dr. G. H. Tichenor Antiseptic Co. v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super Markets · 90 So. 2d 343
• Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. v. Shane Co., Inc. · 143 N.E.2d 415
• General Electric Co. v. Thrifty Sales, Inc. · 301 P.2d 741
• Bowen v. New York News, Inc. · 366 F. Supp. 651
• General Electric Co. v. A. Dandy Appliance Co. · 103 S.E.2d 310
• Revere Camera Co. v. Masters Mail Order Co. of Washington, D. C., Inc. · 128 F. Supp. 457
• Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. Skaggs Drug Center, Inc. · 359 P.2d 644
• Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. Ontario Store of Price Hill · 9 Ohio St. 2d 67
• Eastman Kodak Company v. Home Utilities Company · 138 F. Supp. 670
• General Electric Co. v. Federal Employees' Distributing Co. · 45 Cal. 2d 891
• Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. Gibson's Pharmacy of Vicksburg, Inc. · 251 Miss. 294
• Union Underwear Co. v. Aide · 159 S.E.2d 217
• Corning Glass Works v. Ann & Hope, Inc. of Danvers · 294 N.E.2d 354
• United States Time Corp. v. Ann & Hope Factory Outlet, Inc. · 205 A.2d 125
• National Distillers & Chemical Corp. v. R. H. Macy & Co. · 23 A.D.2d 51
• Electrolux Corp. v. Val-Worth, Inc. · 5 A.D.2d 216

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