S.S. KRESGE CO. v. UNITED FACTORY OUTLET, INC.

No. 80-1359.

634 F.2d 1 (1980)

S.S. KRESGE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED FACTORY OUTLET, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Announced October 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton Chandler, Worcester, Mass., with whom Meredith Peterson Tufts, and Seder & Seder, Worcester, Mass., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Richard E. Alexander, Chicago, Ill., with whom Richard W. Renner, Chicago, Ill., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, NELSON, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the granting of a motion for summary judgment involves essentially one issue: whether defendants-appellants, United Factory Outlet, Inc., et al., should have been given an opportunity to prove that their use of the words "The Mart" in Worcester County, Massachusetts, had acquired a secondary meaning.

In a prior opinion, S.S. Kresge Co. v. United Factory Outlet, Inc., 598 F.2d 694

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases