Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Company v. Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1970No. 27095_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, District Judge:
On October 29, 1962, Phillips Petroleum Company filed this patent infringement suit, alleging that Richardson was infringing one claim of a Phillips process patent for the production of carbon black. Following exhaustive pre-trial discovery, the parties proceeded to a lengthy trial before the court, during which the judge even visited carbon black plants owned by the respective litigants. The district court held no infringement. Finding no error of law or clear error of fact in the holding, we AFFIRM.
The legal principles .applicable to this suit are not in serious…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smith v. SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- W. F. Chaney v. City of Galveston, Earl J. Smith & Co., Inc. v. City of GalvestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Kemart Corp. v. Printing Arts Research Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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- Shields v. Halliburton Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1980
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- Penn Yan Boats, Inc. v. Sea Lark Boats, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1972
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