Legal Opinion

Dethmers Manufacturing Co. v. Automatic Equipment Mfg. Co.

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided November 3, 1999No. C 96-4061-MWBPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 54(b)

BENNETT, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND........................527

A. The Claims And Counter-

claims .......................527

B. Rulings On Dispositive Mo-

tions ........................528

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.................530

A. Language And Purpose Of

Rule 51(b) ...................530

B. Requirements Of The Rule.......531

1. Finality........._..........531

2. No just reason for delay ... .532

C. Effect Of Rule 51(b) Certifica-

tion .........................532

D. Certification…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. WetzelSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dethmers Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Automatic Equipment Mfg Co., Defendant/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
  2. Dethmers Manufacturing Co. v. Automatic Equipment Mfg. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2004

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