Legal Opinion
Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1979No. Nos. 78-1024 to 78-1027PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
In this consolidated patent-antitrust litigation involving the textile industry, defendants, Moulinage et Retorderie de Chavanoz (Chavanoz), Deering Milliken Research Corporation (DMRC) and Deering Milliken, Inc. (DMI) appeal the judgment of the district court against them for antitrust violations arising from a continuing horizontal conspiracy. Chavanoz and DMRC also appeal various holdings regarding the validity, infringement and misuse of certain patents held by Chavanoz. Plaintiffs cross-appeal the court’s holding that no vertical antitrust conspiracy was established, as well as the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Albrecht v. Herald Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1977
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