Legal Opinion
Harold S. Hemstreet v. Spiegel, Inc., Recognition Equipment Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 7, 1988No. 88-1152PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that refused to relieve the appellant of its obligation under the court’s prior order settling a patent infringement suit to make royalty payments to the appellee. We affirm.
I
In 1977, the appellee Hemstreet filed a patent infringement suit against Spiegel, Inc. (which no longer is in the case) and the appellant Recognition Equipment, Inc. (REI).
After the case had been on trial for a week, the parties settled it. The settlement was memorialized in a “Settlement…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Callen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- The Aro Corporation v. Allied Witan CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Billy G. Asberry v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1982
- Hemstreet v. Burroughs Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1987
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Flex-Foot, Inc. And Van L. Phillips v. Crp, Inc. (Doing Business as Springlite)Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Gen-Probe Incorporated, Plaintiff-Cross v. Vysis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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