Legal Opinion
Webster Electric Co. v. Splitdorf Electrical Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 93PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
This writ brings up for review the decree of the court below in a patent suit, 283 Fed. 83, reversing a decree of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 255 Fed. 907, and directing a dismissal of the bill. Three patents were involved. The decision in respect of two of them turned upon the question whether a license contract between the patentees, Henry and Emil Podlesak, and petitioner, had the effect of precluding an assignment of patent rights made by the Podlesaks to respondent. But the petition upon which the writ was granted challenged the decision below only…
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