Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Company v. Amoco Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 28, 1992No. 91-1364PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Shell Oil Company appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, No. H-90-3949 (May 16, 1991), dismissing its action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (1988), against Amoco Corporation, for lack of a justiciable controversy. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Amoco owns U.S. Patent 4,540,679 entitled “Magnesium Hydrocarbyl Carbonate Supports,” which claims a composition, and a method of preparing the composition, comprising a transition metal component and a magnesium hydrocarbyl carbonate support. Shell manufactures…
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