Legal Opinion
Dura Electric Lamp Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 8, 1957No. 12196PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant rendered on motion for summary judgment in an antitrust case. The basis for the district court’s ruling was that the plaintiff had given a valid and unconditional release to one of the parties to a joint tort and that this release discharged the obligation of all.
It appears that plaintiff in this case had, at the conclusion of a government action against important producers in the incandescent electric lamp industry, started a suit against General Electric Company naming Corning Glass as a coconspirator. This suit was…
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- Combined Bronx Amusements, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Aljian v. Ben Schlossberg, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
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