Legal Opinion

Triax Co. v. TRW, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 16, 1984No. 82-3575PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the asserted right of Appellant, Jerome H. Lemelson, the inventor and original owner of the two patents-in-suit, to intervene as plaintiff in a patent infringement action. The district court entered summary judgment holding the two patents to be invalid. The purpose of Le-melson’s attempted intervention was to prosecute an appeal after the original plaintiff, the losing party, had decided not to appeal.

Friday, May 28,1982, was the last day for filing a notice of appeal. Six days before that date, on Sunday, May 23, Appellant Lemelson learned…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Donaldson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Trbovich v. United Mine WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Meyer Goldberg, Inc. Of Lorain v. Meyer Goldberg and Frances Goldberg, Intervenors-Appellants v. Fisher Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
  5. Blanchard v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by87 opinions

  1. Scotty Grubbs, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Proposed Intervenor/appellant v. Stephen H. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
  2. Timothy Jansen, Cross-Appellants v. City of Cincinnati v. Tilford Youngblood, Prospective Intervenors, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  3. Norman Purnell, Administrator of the Estate of Armstead Land, A/K/A Armstad Land v. City of Akron v. Damon Campbell Carissa CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  4. Kathy Stupak-Thrall,plaintiffs-Appellees v. Daniel Glickman,defendants, the Wilderness Society, Proposed Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  5. Lopez-Aguilar v. Marion Cnty. Sheriff's Dep'tCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019

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