Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Reeves v. American Security & Trust Co.

Reeves v. Am. Sec. & Tr. Co., 311 U.S. 710 (1940)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1940-12-09
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • to allow a former "Elk" Lodge that had seceded from the general organization to continue using the name would "subject plaintiff in the public mind to responsibility for the action of a group over which it has no further control."
  • to allow former Elk lodge that had seceded from national organization to continue to use the name would “subject plaintiff in the public mind to responsibility for the action of a group over which it has no further control”
  • theft by employee of the mint

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court, of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied.