Legal Opinion
Continental Conveyor & Equipment Co. v. Prather Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1983No. 82-1149PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Persons engaged in cotton agribusiness routinely face many difficulties and challenges, some natural, others man-made. Today we consider a patent dispute involving machines which decompact cotton modules and feed them into the cotton gin. The jury found that the feeder built and marketed by the defendants, Prather Sheet Metal Works, Inc., Readi-Co. Manufacturing, Inc., and Lummus Industries, Inc., did not infringe the patent of Continental Conveyor & Equipment Company, Inc. Continental appeals, contending that the court erred in referring the construction of the patent…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Tights, Inc. v. Acme-Mccrary Corporation, and Orin R. YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
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- A. B. Baumstimler v. Bueford B. Rankin, Kenneth J. LaughlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Continental Oil Company, Cross-Appellee v. Jimmy R. Cole, D/B/A Jim R. Cole & Associates and Cole Development Co. Inc., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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