CASTROL INC. v. PENNZOIL CO.

Civ. A. No. 92-1364.

799 F.Supp. 424 (1992)

CASTROL INC., Plaintiff, v. PENNZOIL COMPANY and Pennzoil Products Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended July 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Patterson, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, N.J., and Lewis R. Clayton, Robert A. Atkins, Peter B. Bensinger, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiff.

Michael R. Griffinger, John A. Ridley, Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, N.J., and James E. Maloney, George T. Shipley, Paul R. Elliott, Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for defendants.


OPINION

WOLIN, District Judge.

In this action, Castrol Inc. ("Castrol") has sued Pennzoil Company and Pennzoil Products Company ("Pennzoil") for false and misleading representations of fact disseminated in commercial advertising in violation of § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). Castrol further asserts that Pennzoil's media campaign violates the Consumer Fraud Act of the State of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 56:8-2 and Common Law Unfair Competition...

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