Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove

Decided April 12, 1939. Stanley Elroy Qua wrote the opinion for the court.

303 Mass. 1 · Cited 68 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove · 298 Mass. 53
• Lamdin v. Broadway Surface Advertising Corp. · 5 N.E.2d 66
• Cratty v. Peoria Law Library Ass'n · 219 Ill. 516
• Yankee Network, Inc. v. Gibbs · 295 Mass. 56
• Goodwin v. Simpson · 292 Mass. 148
• Hinkley v. Sagemiller · 191 Wis. 512

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc. · 328 N.E.2d 505
• Cain v. Cain · 334 N.E.2d 650
• Gordon v. Elliman · 306 N.Y. 456
• Production MacHine Co. v. Howe · 99 N.E.2d 32
• Schaefer v. Berinstein · 180 Cal. App. 2d 107
• Masinter v. Webco Co. · 262 S.E.2d 433
• Rowen v. Le Mars Mut. Ins. Co. of Iowa · 282 N.W.2d 639
• Shaw v. Harding · 306 Mass. 441
• Anderson Corp. v. Blanch · 162 N.E.2d 825
• Commonwealth v. Adams · 624 N.E.2d 102
• Silversmith v. Sydeman · 305 Mass. 65
• Midstate Amusement Corporation v. Rivers · 54 F. Supp. 738
• Ashley v. Keith Oil Corporation · 73 F. Supp. 37
• Heise v. Earnshaw Publications, Inc. · 130 F. Supp. 38
• Laiho v. Consolidated Rail Corp. · 4 F. Supp. 2d 45
• Chelsea Industries, Inc. v. Gaffney · 449 N.E.2d 320
• Samia v. Central Oil Co. of Worcester · 158 N.E.2d 469
• American Timber & Trading Co. v. Niedermeyer · 558 P.2d 1211
• Refrigeration Discount Corp. v. Catino · 112 N.E.2d 790
• Kelly v. Citizens Finance Co. of Lowell, Inc. · 306 Mass. 531
• Walsh v. Atlantic Research Associates, Inc. · 321 Mass. 57
• Uccello v. Gold'n Foods, Inc. · 90 N.E.2d 530
• Andersen v. Albert & J. M. Anderson Manufacturing Co. · 90 N.E.2d 541
• Lightlab Imaging, Inc. v. Axsun Technologies, Inc. · 469 Mass. 181
• Doody v. Spurr · 315 Mass. 129

Explore from here

Stanley Elroy Qua’s Judicial Record · Mass. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).