Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Euroquilt, Inc. v. Scandia Down Corp.

Euroquilt, Inc. v. Scandia Down Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 28, 1986 · White
475 U.S. 1147; 106 S. Ct. 1801 (United States Reports)

Euroquilt, Inc. v. Scandia Down Corp.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice White,

dissenting.

One of the questions presented by this case is whether, in a trademark infringement action under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U. S. C. § 1125(a), a district court’s finding of “likelihood of confusion” is reviewable under the “clearly erroneous” standard, as a finding of fact, or de novo, as a conclusion of law. As I have previously noted, the Courts of Appeals are divided on this question. Elby’s Big Boy of Steubenville, Inc. v. Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc., 459 U. S. 916 (1982) (White, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). I would grant certiorari to resolve this conflict.

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