Legal Opinion
In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation
District Court, C.D. California
Decided May 17, 1994No. CV 88-03012 RG (Gx), 88-6025 RG (Gx), 88-6739 RG (Gx), 88-6741 RG (Gx) and 88-6744 RG (Gx)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER FOR JUDGMENT.
GADBOIS, District Judge.
I
Six years ago, four circuit breaker manufacturers, Square D Company, General Electric Company, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., and plaintiff Westinghouse Electric Corporation (“Westinghouse”), filed forty eases with this Court, suing several circuit breaker reconditioners for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and state law causes of action.
Westinghouse’s case against defendants Pencon International, Inc., General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale and Charley Contreras (“Pencon Defendants”), Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. and…
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- In Re Circuit Breaker LitigationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1994
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- Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Joe A. Contreras, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Co. Xavier Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997