Legal Opinion
Sperry Products, Inc. v. Association of American Railroads
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 14, 1942No. 82PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing its complaint for the infringement of a patent on the ground that the action had been brought in the wrong district. The only issue is whether that is true. The defendants are three: an unincorporated association — the Association of American Railroads — , the Long Island Railroad Company, and F. E. Williamson, the president of the New York Central Railroad Company and a director of the Association. There were originally a number of other defendants, but although…
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