Legal Opinion

American Fruit Growers, Inc. v. Brogdex Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 2, 1931No. 48PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds

The Brogdex Company, present owner of United States Letters Patent No. 1,529,461, relating to “ certain new and useful improvements in the art of preparing fresh fruit for market,” applied for August 13, 1923, and issued to Brogden and Trowbridge March 10, 1925, presented its bill of complaint to the District Court for Delaware April 15, 1926, wherein it charged that the defendant (peti tioner here), the American Fruit Growers, Inc., had infringed, and asked an injunction, accounting, damages, etc. It relied upon Claims Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, which describe the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Hartranft v. WiegmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Knapp v. MorssSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. Westerlund v. Black Bear Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913

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  5. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947

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