S. Franco Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that improper use occurs “when a particular procedural tool is used in an attempt to accomplish a result which that tool, when properly used, could not provide”
• agent misrepresenting himself as working for another company for purposes of inducing customers to make purchases
• “[I]n an abuse of process claim, even the filing of a lawsuit the filer knows to be unfounded is insufficient to demonstrate the improper use of the legal process.”
• \Most courts presented with this issue have held that the use of another's idea means the wrongful taking of the manner by which another advertises its goods or services\ [citation and quotation omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).