Legal Opinion
The Laitram Corporation v. Deepsouth Packing Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1971No. 28286_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
This patent appeal does not present purely legal questions as the appellant’s attorney urges. The issues are deeply steeped in fact findings and conclusions of the trial court. This court no more retries the facts in patent cases than it does any other class of matters. Hughes Tool Co. v. Varel Manufacturing Co., 336 F.2d 61 (5th Cir. 1964). In the almost two-year period between mid-1967 and 1969 when this case was pending in the district court, the parties compiled two volumes of pleadings, 11 volumes of trial and hearing transcript, a book of written and photographic…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stamicarbon, N v. V. Escambia Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Swofford v. B & W, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Eli Lilly and Company, Inc. v. Generix Drug Sales, Inc., Caribe Chemical Company, Inc., Ellencee Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc., (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Karl Ziegler, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- James C. Hobbs v. United States of America, Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Delores Alston Smith, Etc. v. Ithaca Corporation and Texas City Tankers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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