Legal Opinion
W. F. & John Barnes Co. v. International Harvester Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 1944No. 8522PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
The questions here presented arise out of the taxation of costs in W. F. and John Barnes Company et al. v. International Harvester Co. et al., D.C., 51 F.Supp. 254. The original complaint and its amendments charged the defendants with infringement of fourteen patents, containing almost 1000 claims, of which plaintiffs relied on 129 as exemplary of various phases of the alleged inventions. Each claim relied upon was held invalid, the complaint was dismissed for want of equity and the decree ended with the words, “Costs of this proceeding shall be charged against…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,437 Hetty Fey v. Walston & Co., Inc., and Robert A. SpiraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her HusbandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Eugene A. Wahl and Vibra Screw Feeders, Inc., and Cross-Appellees v. Carrier Manufacturing Co., Inc., and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Perlman v. FeldmannDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1953
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