OVERLAND CO. v. PACKARD CO.

No. 285.

274 U.S. 417 (1927)

OVERLAND MOTOR COMPANY v. PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Melville Church, with whom Mr. Clarence B. Des Jardins was on the brief, for the Overland Motor Company.

Mr. Frank Parker Davis, with whom Messrs. Philip Mauro, Clarence S. Walker, and Reeve Lewis were on the brief, for the Packard Motor Company et al.

Mr. Donald M. Carter filed a brief as amicus curiae by special leave of Court.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes from the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit, upon a certificate of two questions for our consideration and answer. Section 239 of the Judicial Code, as amended by Act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, 43 Stat. 936. The suit is one in which the Packard Motor Car Company and the Wire Wheel Corporation seek to enjoin an alleged infringement by the Overland Motor Company of the Cowles...

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