Edison Electric Light Co. v. United States Electric Lighting Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. After the former hearing (see 44 Fed. Rep. 294) the following additional memorandum was filed by Lacombe, J.; “The documents called for by the subpoenas have now been brought into court. In excuse for not delivering them to the examiner it was urged that some further objection to their presentation in evidence is to be made, which counsel thought should be made not before the examiner, who sits without power to rule upon objections, but before the court.
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In Equity. After the former hearing (see 44 Fed. Rep. 294) the following additional memorandum was filed by Lacombe, J.; “The documents called for by the subpoenas have now been brought into court. In excuse for not delivering them to the examiner it was urged that some further objection to their presentation in evidence is to be made, which counsel thought should be made not before the examiner, who sits without power to rule upon objections, but before the court. The motion to punish for contempt is therefore denied. The papers are delivered to the examiner. When any one of them is called…
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, Circuit Judge.
This case now comes before the court upon an objection certified by the examiner. It is unnecessary to recite the facts already set forth in the decision of October 18tli and memorandum of November 24th. Subsequently thereto, both parties being before the examiner, the defendant’s counsel demanded that complainant produce, for the examination of defendant’s counsel and for use as evidence if defendant he .so advised, the full text of the divisional application made by Thomas A. Edison, December 15, 1880, being one of the papers covered by the subpoena duces tecum…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Blease v. GarlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Jordan v. WilkinsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1811
- Ex parte ReedU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1835
3Cited by16 opinions
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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- Hoffman v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- United States v. WillisDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1955
- Dancel v. Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1904
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