UNION NAT. BANK, LAREDO v. UNION NAT. BANK, AUSTIN

No. 89-1885.

909 F.2d 839 (1990)

UNION NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS, LAREDO, TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace C. Hall, III, Hall, Quintanilla, Palacios & Alarcon, Laredo, Tex., John R. Feather, Vaden, Eickenroht, Thompson & Boulware, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kenneth R. Wynne, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

What is in a name? Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,1 but that sentiment is not shared by the parties to this dispute. Union National Bank of Texas, Laredo, Texas ("UNB-Laredo") seeks to prevent Union National Bank, Austin, Texas ("UNB-Austin") from using the names "Union National Bank" or "Union National Bank of Texas" and appeals the...

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