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Colgate-Palmolive Company

Federal civil lawsuits naming Colgate-Palmolive Company, a Cleaning Products & Cosmetics company.

Public CompanyCleaning Products & Cosmetics
Ticker
NYSE: CL
Business
Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations
Headquarters
New York, NY
Incorporated in
Delaware
SEC CIK
21665

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a public company in Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations, based in New York, NY (traded on NYSE as CL, incorporated in Delaware). It appears in 166 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (136 of 166). These cases are most often Personal Property / Fraud and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2025, most frequently in District Court, S.D. New York. The most common causes of action are Fraud, Patent Infringement, and Breach of Contract. Frequent opposing parties include Colgate-Palmolive,co, Colgate Palmolive, and W.A. Butler Company.

166
Lawsuits
136
As Defendant
30
As Plaintiff
9
Open
157
Terminated
1990–2025
Span
10 mo
Median Duration
4.6 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 82%Activity steady

Cases by State

AL — 0 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 4 casesCT — 1 casesDE — 2 casesDC — 2 casesFL — 7 casesGA — 3 casesID — 0 casesIL — 9 casesIN — 11 casesIA — 1 casesKS — 16 casesKY — 1 casesLA — 4 casesME — 1 casesMD — 1 casesMA — 5 casesMI — 2 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 9 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 4 casesNJ — 14 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 44 casesNC — 2 casesND — 0 casesOH — 4 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 2 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 1 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 1 casesTX — 5 casesUT — 2 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 1 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 1 casesWY — 0 cases
PR · 4

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 2 open2025

Case Types Over Time

19902025
Personal Property / FraudContractProduct LiabilityCivil RightsLabor

Filings by Year

19902025

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Personal Property / Fraud29
Contract27
Product Liability24
Civil Rights19
Labor19
Trademark19

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Filtered Personal Property / Fraud Clear

29 Cases — Newest First