Legal Opinion
William Whitman Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 12, 1950No. Civ. A. No. 987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
In this action the plaintiff seeks rescission of an agreement between it and the defendant which was entered into on April 1, 1937. The suit is founded on the charge that plaintiff was induced to enter into this contract by defendant’s representation that it had in 1935 obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products, 78 F.2d 991, upholding the validity of two patents belonging to it, as a result of which plaintiff took a license from the defendant under the agreement of April 1, 1937. .The…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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