Pelzer v. Newhall
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
This was a suit in equity by William Pelzer against Newhall and others to enjoin the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent, No. 11,476, granted March 12, 1895, to Luther Stieringer, for an improvement in electrical fixtures, which covers a device for attaching electric lighting fixtures to gas- pipes by an insulated connection.
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This was a suit in equity by William Pelzer against Newhall and others to enjoin the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent, No. 11,476, granted March 12, 1895, to Luther Stieringer, for an improvement in electrical fixtures, which covers a device for attaching electric lighting fixtures to gas- pipes by an insulated connection. The original patent, No. 259,235, was granted to said Stieringer June 6, 1882. The cause was heard on a motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, District Judge.
This matter comes on to he heard upon the motion of defendants for the dissolution of a preliminary injunction heretofore granted herein against defendants, restraining the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent No. 11,476, dated March 12, 1895; the preliminary injunction, being on the first claim of the reissued patent. The court has before it the opinions of two circuit courts of appeals covering the question at issue in this suit, in which opinions antagonistic conclusions are reached. The court therefore feels at liberty to closely examine the reasoning…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Maitland v. B. Goetz Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Horn & Brannen Mfg. Co. v. PelzerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Maitland v. GrahamU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1899