Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Hensley
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 1961No. Civ. 19150PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J. pro tem. *
Respondent Clyde Hensley, president of respondent Hensley Equipment Company, invented an earth-ripping device which attached to the cutting edge of a bulldozer blade by means of a twin shank. He also perfected a similar device which could be used on a dozer blade as a brush rake. The principal feature of the invention is the design and method of attaching the equipment to the lower lip of a bulldozer blade so that no pressure is exerted on the thin breakable edge. Respondents were manufacturing these devices in 1951 when appellant Rogers called at their plant to inquire…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Luckett v. Delpark, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Farmland Irrigation Co. v. DopplmaierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- H. J. Heinz Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- National Transformer Corp. v. France Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In Re Oximetrix, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
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