First National Bank, in Sioux Falls, a National Banking Corporation v. First National Bank, South Dakota

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that bank customers tend to exercise a relatively high degree of care in selecting banking services
• recognizing that “customers tend to exercise a relatively high degree of care in selecting banking services” and “other courts have determined there to be minimal or no likelihood of confusion even where the names of financial institutions share the same dominant terms”
• observing that “consumers tend to exercise a relatively high degree of care in selecting banking services,” so “customers are more likely to notice what . . . may be relatively minor differences in names”
• affirming district court’s conclusion that consumers exercise a high degree of care in selecting banking services
• finding consumers tend to exercise a high degree of care in selecting banking services; therefore, the usual customer is more likely to notice relatively minor differences in bank names
• “Where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).