King Features Syndicate, Inc. v. Cape Cod Broadcasting Co.

Decided February 6, 1945. Raymond Sanger Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

317 Mass. 652 · Cited 65 times

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• Codman v. Hygrade Food Products Corp. · 295 Mass. 195
• Damiano v. National Grange Mutual Liability Co. · 316 Mass. 626
• Constance Scaccia v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. · 308 Mass. 310
• Pequod Realty Corp. v. Jeffries · 314 Mass. 713
• Welch v. Gordon · 284 Mass. 485
• Murray v. Edes Manufacturing Co. · 309 Mass. 395

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