Legal Opinion
Yoder Bros. v. California-Florida Plant Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1976No. 75-2141PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this clash between two giants of the chrysanthemum business, we confront a myriad of antitrust and plant patent issues. Yoder Brothers (Yoder), plaintiff in the district court, sued, alleging infringement of twenty-one chrysanthemum plant patents by California-Florida Plant Corp. (CFPC) and California-Florida Plant Corp. of Florida (CFPCF) (sometimes referred to collectively as Cal-Florida). CFPC and CFPCF denied the infringement and filed antitrust counterclaims under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. As to seven of the chrysanthemum plant patents, the lower…
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