United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ■ In equity. The- object of the bill,. which was signed by the District Attorney of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, and the Solicitor General, acting in ...this case as Attorney General, was to obtain the cancellation, avoid- ' anee, recall and repeal of the two patents granted to Alexander Graham Bell, which formed the subject of- the litigation ■in The Telephone…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ■ In equity. The- object of the bill,. which was signed by the District Attorney of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, and the Solicitor General, acting in ...this case as Attorney General, was to obtain the cancellation, avoid- ' anee, recall and repeal of the two patents granted to Alexander Graham Bell, which formed the subject of- the litigation ■in The Telephone Cases, and which will be found in 126 U. S., at pages 4 and 15, one being numbered 174,465, and dated March 7, 1876.; the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
The United States brought its suit in equity in that court against the American Bell Telephone Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, and against Alexander Graham Bell, a resident of the District of Columbia. The action purports to have been instituted by George M. Stearns, the United States District Attorney for that district, by the direction of George A. Jenks, the Solicitor General of the United States, acting as its Attorney General in this matter,…
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