Legal Opinion
The Robbins Company v. Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1973No. 71-2944PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:
Appellee The Robbins Company (hereafter Robbins) brought suit against appellant Lawrence Manufacturing Company (hereafter Lawrence), a competitor in the field of tunnel boring machines, for infringement of Robbins’ Patent No. 3,216,513. Lawrence moved for summary judgment. This appeal is from an order of the district court denying that motion.
Ordinarily such an order would not be a final judgment and, hence, not appeal-able. However, the trial court granted appellant’s petition to certify the question for appeal and a panel of this court, pursuant to 28…
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- Hall v. MacNealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Gandy v. Main Belting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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