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Florsheim v. Schilling

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 10, 1890No. 23PublishedCited by 77 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. In equity for an infringement of letters patent. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainants appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar

This is a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, by Simon Florsheim and Thomas H. Ball against Gustav Schilling, for the alleged infringement' of letters patent Nos. 238,100 and 238,101, the first of which was for an “improvement in corsets,” and the second for an “improvement in elastic gores, gussets, and sections for wearing apparel,” both of which were issued to the complainants February 22, 1881, on applications filed, respectively, August 12, and July 16, 1880, the invention in each purporting to have been made by the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Brown v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Reckendorfer v. FaberSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  4. Hailes v. Van WormerSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Pickering v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

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3Cited by77 opinions

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