From: [m--y--r] at [brahma.edsg.hac.com] (Mike Meyer)

Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA



In article <[C s x 311 EIE] at [Cadence.COM]> [p h z] at [cadence.com] (Pete Zakel) writes:



>In article <2vegmm$[b 70] at [rebecca.albany.edu]> [km 9985] at [csc.albany.edu] (MADIGAN KEVIN

>M) writes: This may sound strange, but has anyone ever considered suing

> coca-cola for fraud?  Afterall, there is no coca in that cola. Um, you can't

>sue for fraud over a trademarked name.  As a matter of opinion, though, I

>thought Coca-Cola *did* use coca leaves as part of the flavoring, although

>after the cocaine has been removed.



Actually, the U. S. Government sued Coca-Cola for that very reason early

in this century, claiming that either they were violating the drug laws

by having coca in the product, or that they were guilty of false

advertising for not having coca in the product.  The case is called

something like "U.S. vs. Nine Barrels of Coca-Cola", or something like

that.   Coca Cola vindicated itself by proving that they used de-natured

coca leaves as part of the formula.



There is a very detailed description of the suit (and the ensuing

analysis of the Coca-Cola formula) in the book "Big Secrets," by William

Poundstone.





Mike



Mike Meyer        [m--y--r] at [tcville.HAC.COM]

Image and Signal Processing Lab

Hughes Aircraft EDSG, El Segundo CA

"Shit happens, but it doesn't *just* happen." -- The Karma Police



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