Legal Opinion
Wesley T. Bailey v. Chattem, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1982No. 80-5439PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
In this case we are called upon to decide whether plaintiff’s patent is invalid, thus defeating his causes of action based on the assignment of rights in the patent; whether California or Tennessee law properly applies on the facts of this case to plaintiff’s claim of promissory fraud; whether the damages the jury awarded plaintiff, as reduced by the trial court, were excessive as a matter of law; and whether there was sufficient evidence to submit plaintiff’s cause of action for failure to commercialize to the jury. We affirm the judgment of the District…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Union Planters National Bank of Memphis v. Commercial Credit Business Loans, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Agricultural Services Association, Incorporated v. Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Incorporated, and Waldo Rohnert Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Wesley T. Bailey v. Chattem, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Coal Resources, Inc., Cross-Appellants v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Schnelling v. Crawford (In Re James River Coal Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2007
- Flight Concepts Ltd. Partnership v. Boeing Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1993
- In Re Revco D.S., Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1990
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