EXXON CORP. v. HUMBLE EXPLORATION CO., INC.

No. 81-1386.

695 F.2d 96 (1983)

EXXON CORPORATION, Humble Oil & Refining Corporation, Humble Gas Transmission Co. and Humble, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HUMBLE EXPLORATION COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ford Hunt, Richards, Harris & Medlock, Roger C. Clapp, William R. Gustavson, William D. Harris, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Strasburger & Price, Patrick F. McGowan, Dallas, Tex., David Goldberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 3, 1983.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.

Humble Exploration Company, Inc. appeals from an order of the district court, 524 F.Supp. 450, enjoining its use of "Humble" as a trade name. The main issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in finding that Exxon Company, U.S.A. had not abandoned the use of the trademark HUMBLE.1 Because...

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