Legal Opinion
Howard Industries, Inc. v. Rae Motor Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided September 25, 1958No. Civ. A. 6396PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This action is brought for alleged breach of an agreement settling a patent infringement case.
The principal defenses relied upon are: (1) That the settlement agreement has not been breached; (2) that if it were breached, plaintiff is estopped from prosecuting this action because of laches; and (3) a defense which was first asserted on the trial, i. e. that if the contract is interpreted as plaintiff would interpret it, it is void as against public policy as creating an unreasonable restraint of trade.
In August 1945 plaintiff, Howard Industries, Inc., hereinafter referred…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- American Fork & Hoe Co. v. Stampit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
- Square D Company v. Bliss Sorenson, Karl A. Dormeyer, and Albert F. Dormeyer, Doing Business as Dormeyer IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
3Cited by3 opinions
- Howard Industries, Inc., a Corporation v. Rae Motor Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
- Howard Industries, Inc., a Corporation v. Rae Motor Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- Howard Industries, Inc. v. Rae Motor Corp.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1960