Legal Opinion
Globe-Union, Inc. v. Chicago Telephone Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 4, 1939No. 6682PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a contest among rival inventors 1 , who claim priority of invention in a certain rheostat-snap switch mechanism defined in a single count 2 as follows:
“In combination a volume control comprising a circular resistance, a contact arm for varying said resistance, a rotatable actuator shaft on which said contact arm is mounted, a projecting pin eccentrically mounted on said shaft, a casing enclosing said volume control, an aperture in said casing, an auxiliary recessed casing closing said aperture, a snap-switch contained in said auxiliary casing, and an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Adamson v. GillilandSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Mason v. HepburnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1898
- United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. Brooklyn Wood Heel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Local 777, Democratic Union Organizing Committee, Seafarers International Union of North America, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board, Yellow Cab Company and Checker Taxi Company, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, Local 777, Democratic Union, Etc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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