Legal Opinion
Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 19, 1974No. Civ. A. 71-306, 70-968, 69-1096, 68-705, 69-777, 70-14, 70-189, 70-250, 70-295, 70-358, 70-385, 70-386, 70-391, 70-493, 70-622, 70-628, 70-677, 70-683, 71-87 to 71-102, 71-115, 71-126, 71-127 and 71-283PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ON MOTION FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS UNDER FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 34(a)(1) AND 26(b)(3).
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
This is one of several consolidated multi-district patent-antitrust lawsuits that has germinated as a result of the opening of Pandora’s box in Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 395 U.S. 653, 89 S.Ct. 1902, 23 L.Ed.2d 610 (1969), in which the Supreme Court abolished the 180 year old doctrine estopping patent licensees from challenging the validity of the licensed patent.
During the course of five years of continuous discovery, counsel have estimated that more than one million…
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