Legal Opinion
Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1997No. Nos. 94-56436, 94-56709, 94-56765, 94-56769, 94-56771PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge.
I. OVERVIEW
This appeal arises from a suit brought by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (‘Westinghouse”) against several electronics vendors (“defendants”) for reselling used Westinghouse circuit breakers after reconditioning them and attaching labels bearing the Westinghouse trademark.1 After a jury trial, the district court entered judgment in favor of the defendants on all of Westinghouse’s claims. In reaching this judgment, the district court upset one jury verdict in favor of Westinghouse on its trademark infringement claim. The district court concluded that this…
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- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Joe A. Contreras, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc. Joe A. Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. General Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply Inc. Xavier Contreras Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Pencon International, Inc. General Magnetics/electric Wholesale the Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Co. Xavier Contreras Ac Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc. Joe A. Contreras Pencon International, Inc. The Estate of Charley Contreras General Magnetics/electric Wholesale Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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