Legal Opinion
Rome Grader & MacHinery Corp. v. J. D. Adams Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1943No. 8134PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff sued for infringement of Gled-Irill Reissue No. 16,624, originally granted March 3, 1925, reissued May 17, 1927, covering a road grader embodying, as an essential element, a specified crank-and-link mechanism for use in adjusting the blade-supporting draw-bar horizontally of the machine, so that the blade may be so manipulated as to grade relatively steep banks or slopes. Plaintiff charged infringement beginning in early 1931, in defendant’s model 121 and its smaller mate, model 22. In defence, defendant averred, and the court decreed, plaintiff estopped to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Menendez v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing Scale Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Hardt v. HeidweyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Gillons v. Shell Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- Westco-Chippewa Pump Co. v. Delaware Electric & Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Billy K. Watkins v. Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Baker Manufacturing Company v. Whitewater Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Continental Coatings Corporation v. Metco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Potash Co. of America v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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