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Schmertz Wire Glass Co. v. Western Glass Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois

Decided June 30, 1909No. Nos. 28,614, 28,615PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Equity. Suits by the Sehmertz Wire Glass Company and another against the Western Glass Company. On motions by defendant for attachment for contempt and. for dismissal and motion by complainants for a preliminary injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, District Judge.

Three motions have been made in this case, one by defendant for a rule to show cause why attachment for contempt should not issue, and another to dismiss the suits, and a renewed motion by complainant for a'preliminary injunction. On June 26, 1907, Judge Kohlsaat denied the first motion for injunction. Since then the complainants’ patents have been sustained. Schmertz Wire Glass Co. v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. (C. C.) 168 Fed. 73. In that case all of the questions arising in this except infringement were decided for complainants. Their two patents, No. 791,217 and…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Western Glass Co. v. Schmertz Wire Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
  2. Colman v. HathawayDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922
  3. Ernest v. FleissnerDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1941
  4. Canon v. RobertsonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1929
  5. McMullen v. HeadDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1945

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