COCA-COLA CO. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

No. 86-3855.

822 F.2d 28 (1987)

The COCA-COLA COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Morrison, argued, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, and Jacob K. Stein, Paxton & Seasongood, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas S. Calder, argued, Lawrence Elleman, Dinsmore & Shohl, and Nancy C. Cody, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT, WELLFORD and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), which produces Minute Maid orange juice, filed a complaint alleging that commercials of Procter & Gamble Company (P & G) for its Citrus Hill Select orange juice misrepresent the production process and quality of Citrus Hill Select orange juice. Specifically, Coca-Cola asserts that P & G's commercials emphasize a "heart of the orange" theme that implies that Citrus Hill Select is made only from...

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