Williams v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania erred in finding that the defendants, Babcock & Wilcox Company and Republic Steel Corporation, had not wrongfully breached their agreement with the plaintiffs, Edward R. Williams and Julia Lee Cox Williams doing business as Williams Engineering Company,1 and that the plaintiffs were not entitled to the equitable relief they sought. The undisputed facts are these:

The plaintiff Edward R. Williams, an inventor, had done considerable research and experimental work in continuous…