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FORT HOWARD PAPER CO. v. FORT HOWARD CORP.

273 Wis. 356 (1956)

FORT HOWARD PAPER COMPANY, Respondent, vs. FORT HOWARD CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Welsh, Trowbridge, Wilmer & Bills of Green Bay, and oral argument by George E. Bills.

For the respondent there was a brief by Everson, Ryan, Whitney & O'Melia of Green Bay, attorneys, and Maxwell H. Herriott of Milwaukee of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Herriott and Mr. John C. Whitney.

CURRIE, J.

It is the contention of counsel for the plaintiff that the act of the defendant corporation of amending its articles so as to change its corporate name from "Fort Howard Corporation" to "Fort Howard Industrial Corporation" has rendered moot the question of whether its former corporate name of "Fort Howard Corporation" is "deceptively similar" to plaintiff's corporate name of "Fort Howard Paper Company" within the...

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