Fred Minnick. Bottom Shelf: How a Forgotten Brand of Bourbon Saved One Man’s Life. Sourcebooks, 2026.
Book contradiction resolved by the primary opinion: Gaines's suit was dismissed; quoted fraud language is an allegation, not the holding.
Fred Minnick, Bottom Shelf: How a Forgotten Brand of Bourbon Saved One Man’s Life (Sourcebooks, 2026), PDF sheets 179 and 268–270.
Fred Minnick, Bottom Shelf: How a Forgotten Brand of Bourbon Saved One Man’s Life (Sourcebooks, 2026), PDF sheets 179 and 268–270.
PDF sheet 179; source-notes table 268–270
Minnick, Bottom Shelf, PDF sheets 179 and 268–270.
Old Crow trademark litigation; source notes
Resolved against the primary opinion: Rock Spring Distilling Co. v. W. A. Gaines & Co., 246 U.S. 312–322 (1918), reverses the Sixth Circuit and restores dismissal of Gaines's suit. PDF 179 has the result wrong. Its quoted fraud allegation appears in the statement of the plaintiff's bill, not as the Court's finding. All eleven opinion pages read; printed 314 and 322 visually checked. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-246/pdf/USREPORTS-246-312.pdf
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Book contradiction resolved by the primary opinion: Gaines's suit was dismissed; quoted fraud language is an allegation, not the holding.
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Resolved against the primary opinion: Rock Spring Distilling Co. v. W. A. Gaines & Co., 246 U.S. 312–322 (1918), reverses the Sixth Circuit and restores dismissal of Gaines's suit. PDF 179 has the result wrong. Its quoted fraud allegation appears in the statement of the plaintiff's bill, not as the Court's finding. All eleven opinion pages read; printed 314 and 322 visually checked. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-246/pdf/USREPORTS-246-312.pdf
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