Legal Opinion
Spee-Flo Manufacturing Corp. v. Braniff Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1970No. 27718PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
In this patent case we are confronted with the usual multiplicity of contentions by both sides which basically can be reduced to the loser’s hope that if we review the evidence that was before the district court we will somehow come up with a different conclusion and defeat will change to victory. The hope is usually faint because of its basic fallacy that we retry cases. We do not — we only review them. And patent cases are no exception. Spee-Flo sued for infringement of two of its patents: No. 3,000,-576 which patents an air-less spray paint gun, and No. 3,018,968 which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Lone Star Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Metal Arts Company v. Fuller CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Gray Company, Inc. v. The Spee-Flo Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Spee-Flo Manufacturing Corp. v. Gray Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1964
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- The Spee-Flo Manufacturing Corporation v. Braniff Airways, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970