RIVERBANK LABORATORIES v. HARDWOOD PRODUCTS CORP.

No. 54 C 300.

165 F.Supp. 747 (1958)

RIVERBANK LABORATORIES, a corporation v. HARDWOOD PRODUCTS CORPORATION, a corporation.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois.

June 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Friedman, Maurice Rosenfield, Philip B. Kurland, Harry Kalven, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff, Burton H. Young, Wallace Rudolph, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Gerrit P. Groen, Chicago, Ill., Arthur H. Seidel, Milwaukee, Wis., Richard E. Alexander, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, Quarles, Herriott & Clemons, Milwaukee, Wis., Byron, Hume, Groen & Clement, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.


JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This is a common-law action for unfair competition in which the plaintiff seeks to restrain the defendant from using the name "Riverbank" on sound insulating doors manufactured by defendant. Plaintiff also seeks damages for disparagement of its trade name. Federal jurisdiction is properly predicated upon diversity of citizenship, and the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $3,000.

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