BOOTH v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

No. 71 Civ. 932.

362 F.Supp. 343 (1973)

Shirley BOOTH, Plaintiff, v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY and Ted Bates & Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitelson & Mayers, New York City, for plaintiff; Harold J. Sherman, Clifford Forster, New York City, of counsel.

Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendants; Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., John M. Keene, III, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

BONSAL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirley Booth, instituted this action on March 2, 1971, against defendants Colgate-Palmolive Company ("Colgate") and Ted Bates & Co., Inc. ("Bates") to recover as compensatory and exemplary damages the sum of $4,000,000, which she claims she sustained by reason of the defendants' unfair competition and defamation. Her complaint alleges three causes of action: (1) under the New York State common law of unfair...

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