Legal Opinion
Mitchell Novelty Co. v. United Mfg. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 9, 1950No. 50 C 303PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LA BUY, District Judge.
The complaint, based upon diversity of citizenship and requisite jurisdictional amount, alleges that during January -1949 Beck, president of plaintiff corporation, conceived an idea for a coin operated game simulating a bowling game played upon a shuffleboard, having an electrically controlled scoring device, and automatic return of the puck or weight, which game is called Shuffle Alley and which Beck assigned to the plaintiff corporation; that on or about the 1st day of July 1949 defendant and plaintiff commenced negotiations regarding its manufacture; that later in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gins v. Mauser Plumbing Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Matarese v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Estate of Hippe v. GalletWisconsin Supreme Court · 1930
3Cited by5 opinions
- Mitchell Novelty Co. v. United Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Hindes v. Wilmington Poetry SocietyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1958
- Premier Electrical Construction Co. v. Miller-Davis Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Hindes v. Wilmington Poetry Society & Delaware Writers, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1958
- International Industries, Inc. v. Warren Petroleum Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1956