State Supreme Court / Mich.

Shakespeare Co. v. Lippman's Tool Shop Sporting Goods Co.

Decided June 27, 1952. John Dethmers wrote the opinion for the court.

54 N.W.2d 268 · Cited 58 times

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Lilly Co. v. . Saunders · 4 S.E.2d 528
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Bourjois Sales Corp. v. Dorfman · 7 N.E.2d 30
Joseph Triner Corp. v. McNeil · 2 N.E.2d 929
Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Industrial Relations · 262 U.S. 522
Max Factor & Co. v. Kunsman · 5 Cal. 2d 446
United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co. · 248 U.S. 90
Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La. · 278 U.S. 235
Liberty Warehouse Co. v. Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-Operative Marketing Assn. · 276 U.S. 71
Goldsmith v. Mead Johnson & Co. · 7 A.2d 176
Weco Products Co. v. Reed Drug Co. · 225 Wis. 474
Frankfort Distillers Corporation v. Liberto · 230 S.W.2d 971
Lambert Pharmacal Co. v. Roberts Bros. · 233 P.2d 258
The Borden Co. v. Schreder · 185 P.2d 581
Iowa Pharmaceutical Ass'n v. May's Drug Stores, Inc. · 294 N.W. 756
McLean v. Fleming · 96 U.S. 245
Sears v. Western Thrift Stores of Olympia, Inc. · 116 P.2d 756
Levy v. City of Pontiac · 49 N.W.2d 80
Miles Laboratories, Inc. v. Seignious · 30 F. Supp. 549
Rayess v. Lane Drug Co. · 35 N.E.2d 447
Auto Rental Co. v. Lee · 35 Haw. 77

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