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
Noncontiguous book locations: PDF 179 and 268–270. Contradiction resolved through the original Supreme Court opinion; the book remains the source of the contradictory account.
The narrative says that the Supreme Court's 1918 decision awarded Old Crow to the Gaines side, while the book's own source-notes table identifies Rock Spring Distilling Co. v. W. A. Gaines, 246 U.S. 312 (1918), as a Hellman victory and says the Court recognized Hellman's rights to the Crow name.
PDF sheet 179; source-notes table 268–270
Old Crow trademark litigation; source notes
Fresh full-source review, 2026-09-29. 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
Evidence
The narrative says that the Supreme Court's 1918 decision awarded Old Crow to the Gaines side, while the book's own source-notes table identifies Rock Spring Distilling Co. v. W. A. Gaines, 246 U.S. 312 (1918), as a Hellman victory and says the Court recognized Hellman's rights to the Crow name.
Location and context
PDF sheet 179; source-notes table 268–270; Old Crow trademark litigation; source notes.
Noncontiguous book locations: PDF 179 and 268–270. Contradiction resolved through the original Supreme Court opinion; the book remains the source of the contradictory account.
Interpretation and verification
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
Verified means fidelity to the supplied source, not independent proof of every reported event. Canonical Source, Literature Note and Citation relations retained.