Legal Opinion
La Chappelle v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 25, 1936No. 5903PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, District Judge.
The plaintiff brings this action for treble damages under 15 U.S.C.A. § 15, setting forth that he is an inventor of shoe-bottoming machinery which is valuable to industry, but that he is unable to market his invention because of a monopoly existing in the defendant, and because of a condition, agreement, and understanding between the defendant and its lessees that the latter shall not use the machinery of a competitor of the defendant.
In the case of Baran v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (D.C.) 256 F. 570, which is relied upon by the defendant as a ground of demurrer,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Baush MacH. Tool Co. v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1907
- Baran v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1918
- Baran v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1919
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- Shapiro v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1979
- Louisiana Farmers' Protective Union, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1941