Legal Opinion
Hatch Storage Battery Co. v. Electric Storage Battery Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 16, 1900No. 298PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decretal order granting an ad interim injunction in a suit on a patent for an invention. The general rules involved in the allowance of such injunc*976tions were stated by us in Wilson v. Store-Service Co., 31 C. C. A. 533, 88 Fed. 286, 287, as follows:
“When the effect of a temporary Injunction is merely to maintain matters statp quo until a final hearing, one may well he granted notwithstanding the rights of the complainant are doubtful, and sometimes even when very doubtful. But in patent suits such an injunction does not ordinarily have that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Reece Button-Hole Ma. Co. v. Globe Button-Hole Ma. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Julien Electric Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1889
- Packard v. Lacing Stud Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
- Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Brush Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1892
- Beach v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- Hutchinson v. American Palace-Car Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1900
- Bresnahan v. Tripp Giant Leveller Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
- Thacher v. Inhabitants of Town of FalmouthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
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