Legal Opinion
Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1945No. 71PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
The question is whether this suit, brought in the District Court by appellant, a patent owner, to enjoin his licensees from paying accrued royalties to the Government under the Royalty Adjustment Act of October 31, 1942, 56 Stat. 1013, 35 U. S. C. Supp. III, §§ 89-96, and attacking the constitutionality of the Act, was rightly dismissed for want of equity jurisdiction and for want of a justiciable case or controversy.
Appellant brought the present suit in the District Court for New Jersey, joining as defendants Federal Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and appellee Breeze…
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