Legal Opinion
Detachable Bit Co. v. Timken Roller Bearing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1943No. 9219PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The bill of the appellant setting up two causes of action, the first for breach by the appellee of obligations arising out of fiduciary relations, and the second for infringement by it of Thurston reissue patents No. 16,061 and No. 17,557, each for a drill, was dismissed below. The District Court concluded that the dealings of the parties did not create a joint venture giving rise to equitable or fiduciary responsibilities, and that in consequence there was no breach of legal duty by the appellee in the acts complained of. It found the first reissue patent invalid for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Meehan v. ValentineSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Powers-Kennedy Contracting Corp. v. Concrete Mixing & Conveying Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
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- O'LEARY v. Liggett Drug Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Toro Co. v. Textron, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1980
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