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COCA-COLA CO. v. KOKE CO.

No. 101.

254 U.S. 143 (1920)

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY v. THE KOKE COMPANY OF AMERICA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick W. Lehmann, with whom Mr. Harold Hirsch, Mr. Frank F. Reed, Mr. Edward S. Rogers and Mr. Charles E. Rushmore were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Richard E. Sloan and Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, with whom Mr. Jesse M. Littleton and Mr. C.L. Parker were on the briefs, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by the Coca-Cola Company to prevent the infringement of its trade-mark Coca-Cola and unfair competition with it in its business of making and selling the beverage for which the trade-mark is used. The District Court gave the plaintiff a decree. 235 Fed. Rep. 408. This was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 255 Fed. Rep. 894. Subsequently a writ of certiorari was granted...

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