Legal Opinion
Stokes & Smith Co. v. Transparent-Wrap MacH. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 1946No. 262PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint for a declaratory judgment, and directing it to assign eleven patents to the defendant. The parties are corporations organized under the laws of different states, and in the spring of 1944 they had come to a critical difference as to the effect of a contract, entered into between them on June 23, 1937. The defendant, on April 29, 1944, elected to terminate this contract as of the following May 10th, and thereby raised the question which the plaintiff wishes to have determined in this action. The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Bement v. National Harrow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- Transparent-Wrap MacHine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Aralac, Inc. v. Hat Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Deibler v. The Chas. H. Elliott Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Santa Fe-Pomeroy, Inc. v. P & Z Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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