Legal Opinion
Struthers Patent Corp. v. Nestle Co., Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 13, 1981No. Civ. A. 663-72PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
A. Background 752
B. General Comments about the Summary Judgment Motions ' 753
I.The Special Master’s Report
A. The Destroyed Documents 756
B. Struthers’ Knowledge of Impending Litigation 758
C. Relationship of the Documents to the Issues 759
D. Present Availability of the Destroyed Documents 761
E. Sanctions to be Imposed 763
II. The Muller Patents
A. Description of the Patents 767
1. Muller ’007 Patent 767
2. Muller’522 Patent 768
B. Prosecution of the Muller Applications 769
1. The Muller I Application (the ’007 Patent) 769
a. The Petition to Accelerate 769
b. The…
2Cases cited87 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Nellie F. Welsh, Administratrix of the Estate of Francis John Welsh, Deceased, and Nellie Welsh, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Turner v. Hudson Transit Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- National Ass'n of Radiation Survivors v. TurnageDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1987
- Harry Leon Joyner v. Manly Lancaster County of ForsythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Independent Petrochemical Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1986
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