Legal Opinion
Pittway Corp. v. BRK Shareholders' Committee
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 27, 1978No. 76 C 3670PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLAUM, District Judge:
The instant action raises common but difficult questions in patent litigation recently addressed in two Seventh Circuit opinions, Milprint v. Curwood, 562 F.2d 418 (7th Cir. 1977), and Super Products Corp. v. DP Way Corp., 546 F.2d 748 (7th Cir. 1976), concerning the availability of declaratory judgment relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Before the court is defendant’s motion to dismiss 1 plaintiff’s complaint on the grounds that as to one of plaintiff’s claims for declaratory relief there does not exist a justiciable “case or controversy” between the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by6 opinions
- International Harvester Company v. Deere & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Khatib v. Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. (In re Chicago Newspaper Liquidation Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2013
- Grafon Corp. v. HausermannDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
- Burke v. Pittway Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Pittway Corp. v. Brk Shareholders' CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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