John Koufakis v. Thomas Carvel and Franchise Licensors, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• relying in part on counsel's characterization of case as \one which pitted a `little' and virtuous man of modest resources against a powerful and unscrupulous man with untold wealth\
• relying in part on counsel’s characterization of case as “one which pitted a ‘little’ and virtuous man of modest resources against á powerful and unscrupulous man' with untold wealth”
• disapproving statement in closing argument suggesting that “the reason the party did not testify was that he was terrified of being exposed to the penalties of perjury by a devastating cross examination”
• noting federal question jurisdiction existed based on claim of federal trademark infringement
• remanding for new trial in part because of attacks on opposing counsel
• granting a new trial due to repeated statements analogizing the defendant to a mafia member, referencing the defendant’s wealth as compared to the plaintiff’s lack of wealth, and remarking extensively on the fact that defendant did not testify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).