Legal Opinion
Orange-Crush Co. v. American Ornamental Bottle Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1932No. 3312PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, circuit Judge.
The important issue of fact in this suit in equit is whether Clayton J. Howel of CM or George N_ Mas of Lynebburg, ig the inventor of a design for a cylindrical bottle consisting of. a number of equidistant vertical and horizontal bands upon the surface of the bottle, with circular depressions or projections in the squares formed by the intersecting bands and a band around the neck. The suit was prosecuted by OrangeCrus]l Company, an Illinois corporation, assignee of Howel, against the American Ornamental Bottle Corporation of Virginia, assignee of Mas, under the terms of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Automatic Weighing Mach. Co. v. Pneumatic Scale Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
- Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- B. F. Avery & Sons v. J. I. Case Plow WorksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
- Browning v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hoeltke v. C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Mas v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Dowling v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Kilgore Mfg. Co. v. Triumph Explosives, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1941
- American Ornamental Bottle Corp. v. Orange-Crush Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
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