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BERDELLE v. CARPENTIER

No. 34201.

11 Ill.2d 295 (1957)

143 N.E.2d 53

RICHARD L. BERDELLE et al., Appellees, v. CHARLES F. CARPENTIER, Secretary of State, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, A. ZOLA GROVES, and THEODORE P. FIELDS, of counsel,) for appellant.

RICHARD G. RAYSO, of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs applied for a corporate charter under the names of "Steel Company of Ohio," "Steelco Manufacturing Company," or "Steel Manufacturing Company." The defendant, as Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, refused to issue the charter on the ground that the names are "deceptively similar" to the names "Ohio Steel Products Co.," "Steel-Cor Manufacturing Company," "Steel...

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