Case Name: David B. Findlay, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Walstein C. Findlay, Jr., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-07-07
Citations: 18 N.Y.2d 676
Docket Number: 
Parties: David B. Findlay, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Walstein C. Findlay, Jr., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 676–676

Head Matter:
David B. Findlay, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Walstein C. Findlay, Jr., et al., Appellants.
Submitted July 6, 1966;
decided July 7, 1966.

Opinion:
Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there were presented and necessarily passed upon questions under the Constitution of the United States, as follows: Defendants-appellants contended that the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right of every man to use his own name in his own business. Defendants-appellants, also, contended that the Constitution and laws of the United States prevent a State from limiting the use of a name which is not otherwise limited by the Federal patent or copyright laws, in the absence of a palming off of goods of one man as those of another. The Court of Appeals held that there was no violation of defendants-appellants' rights. [See 18 N Y 2d 12.]