Legal Opinion
Societe De Conditionnement en Aluminium v. Hunter Engineering Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1981No. 79-3014PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Societe de Conditionnement en Alumini-um (SCAL) brought this action against Hunter Engineering Co., Inc. (Hunter) seeking a declaratory judgment that a patent owned by Hunter is invalid. Hunter moved to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), Fed.R.Civ.P. The district judge granted Hunter’s motion, holding that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because there was no case or controversy. SCAL appeals from this judgment and from the district judge’s failure to admit certain deposition testimony into evidence. We…
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