Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• rulings related to separation of issues for trial pursuant to Rule 42(b) are “unappealable interlocutory order[s]”
• distinguishing failure to hire, which takes place on a particular day from failure to promote, which arises during a lengthy period of time
• adopting seven factors and cited with approval in McGraw-Edison Co. v. Walt Disney Productions, 787 F.2d 1163, 1167-68 (7th Cir.1986)
• “damage to the goodwill and prominence of the [plaintiff’s] trademark through public confusion of it with the [respondent’s] trademark is, in itself, an irreparable injury”
• court specifically found that numerous instances of actual confusion were the direct result of defendant’s use of a similar mark
• Evans was not applicable since the “allegations of the complaint [in Clark] and testimony in the deposition show that continuing discrimination is under attack. The appellant’s action therefore is not time-barred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).