Legal Opinion
Bourns, Inc. And Marlan E. Bourns, and Cross-Appellees v. Allen-Bradley Company, and Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1973No. 72-1222, 72-1223PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
Appellants Bourns, Inc. and Marian E. Bourns challenge the District Court’s application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel as applied in Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation, 402 U.S. 313, 91 S.Ct. 1434, 28 L.Ed.2d 788 (1971), to bar this patent infringement suit which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Allen-Bradley Company et al., appellees. Appellants alleged infringement of their “leadscrew actuated potentiometer,” Patent No. 2,777,926 (the ’926 patent). Among the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cipriano v. City of HoumaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- City of Phoenix v. KolodziejskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Triplett v. LowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Richard Lawrence Stevenson v. Sears, Roebuck & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Bourns, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Westwood Chemical, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Technograph Printed Circuits, Ltd. v. Methode Electronics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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