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If you're a major fast-food company, and your selling point is and always has been ubiquity, being banned from setting up shop in any American town is a tough pill to swallow. This is exactly the fate that befell Burger King. Due to a trademark dispute with a small local restaurant in Mattoon, Ill., the chain found itself banned from operating anywhere near the Midwestern town.

It all started with an ice-cream stand. Local couple Gene and Betty Hoots had purchased the 'Frigid Queen,' a successful Mattoon ice-cream business, in 1952. Hoping to expand beyond dessert, they added a hamburger restaurant to the ice-cream operation and fitted an old two-car garage with a grill and a dining counter for customers. When it came time to name the new place, a carpenter working for the Hoots suggested 'The Hot Dames'—a reference to the ice-cream stand's name. It was a bit risqué for Mattoon, Ill., the Hoots thought, but they did like the concept of playing off of 'Frigid Queen.' Reasoning that 'every queen needs a king,' they eventually settled on 'Burger King.'

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Coincidentally, Burger King the chain came into existence the same year, 1954, in Miami. It was known at the time as 'Insta-Burger-King,' and no one could foresee that the case of parallel thinking would eventually set the two Burger Kings up for a legal battle. The Hoots registered the name of their restaurant as a trademark in Illinois in 1959 and that had become a problem for the Florida-based chain which had grown to include over fifty franchised locations in Illinois by the 1960s.

Perhaps sensing that offense was the best defense, the Hoots sued Burger King Inc. in 1968, demanding that the company open no further locations in their home state. At Burger King's instigation, the lawsuit was referred to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The litigation—at which even the president of Burger King was present–was, in a way, no contest. The Hoots were represented by a local Mattoon lawyer, Harlan Heller, while Burger King had a team of six attorneys at its disposal.

Ultimately, the court ruled in favor of Burger King Inc., deciding that the company had the right to continue operating its locations in Illinois. But, acknowledging the legitimacy and priority of the Hoots' Illinois trademark, the court granted them the exclusive use of the 'Burger King' name within a 20-mile radius of their Mattoon location—effectively barring Burger King Inc. from the site.

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Burger King, apparently, did not take the ruling well. It attempted to buy the right to operate in Mattoon from the Hoots for $10,000, which the couple ended up refusing, according to The Illinois Times.

So while you can always get it your way at Burger King, Burger King can't always get its way. As for the 'original' small-town restaurant, the case put it on the map as a local attraction—and helped it thrive ever since.

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By/March 21, 2019 2:30 pm EDT/Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 1:15 pm EDT

The main difference between jail and prison is the length of an inmate's stay and why he's locked up in the first place. Jail is a state-run facility for short-term, usually misdemeanor offenders; the federal government is responsible for prisons, which house more violent criminals convicted of felony offenses for longer periods of time. But being locked up is being locked up no matter where you are... unless you're in the big house on the big screen, that is.

The entertainment industry is known for taking liberties with the truth in order to tell a great story, and the realities of incarcerated life are no exception. From riots and bartering to the ups and downs of actually guarding lockup, here's a look at some of the most common misconceptions filmmakers tend to turn to when attempting to depict an inmate's existence. These are the things Hollywood always gets wrong about jail.

Prison guards are the real bad guys

The Bulls. The Screws. The Goons. There are plenty of names for guards in prison films like The Shawshank Redemption. They're usually played as the heavies, while the anti-hero prisoners get the viewers' sympathy to drive the plot. But prison isn't fun for anyone — even the guards (also called correctional officers, or C.O.s). Their job is inherently dangerous, the pay isn't great, and they're outnumbered by angry, sometimes aggressively violent inmates.

In recent years, reports of assaults on correctional officers have been on the rise across the United States. There can be two dozen reported assaults in one facility, less than ten in another, and while still relatively minor compared to the number of C.O.s employed in correctional institutions — just over 428,000, according to a May 2017 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the job is still second only to line of duty officers in overall incidents of assault.

The job seems even more thankless when you consider how much a C.O. earns: 50 percent take home less than $21 an hour, for an annual wage of $43,000. While there are too many variables for completely accurate numbers, some stats anecdotally have guards being outnumbered by inmates at a rate of anywhere from five to one to almost ten to one.

Just like every prisoner, every guard has a story to tell. And they deserve to be heard too.

Wardens are sleazy, crooked sadists

The stereotypical prison flick warden ranges from to steely-eyed James Cromwell in The Longest Yard to Reform School Girls' statuesque Sybil Danning. The movie warden is corrupt, bitter, and tough — and always gets it in the end. But in reality, prison wardens aren't much better off than correctional officers. Their job is mainly administrative, it takes a long time to earn the position, and it doesn't pay very well relative to the duties and experience necessary to achieve it.

Anyone wanting to become a prison warden needs at least a high school diploma or equivalent. Earning the title ultimately begins by having a career in law enforcement, working your way up the ranks from police officer or correctional officer or some other position related to criminal justice. Depending on where you apply, you might need a degree in criminal justice (not always necessary, but it can help); good problem-solving abilities; considerable management skills; a head for administration, and solid leadership ability. You'll obviously have to pass a background check, a drug test, and you'll need to have firearms training and a license to carry.

This obviously takes years to achieve. And the payoff? An average annual salary of around $84,000 to over $180,000 once you have about a decade's worth of experience. In addition to accumulated experience, other salary factors include where your prison is located, the size of the institution, and your previous work history.

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Prison guards are the real bad guys

Wardens are sleazy, crooked sadists

Prison riots go on