Legal Opinion
Crown Machine & Tool Co. v. D & S Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1969No. Nos. 22189, 22189-A, 23006, 23007PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
The first of the two above-entitled causes arose in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix case). The second arose in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco case). Both cases relate to the asserted appropriation by Thompson Industries, Inc. (Thompson) of a number of inventions allegedly covered by patents issued to Crown Machine & Tool Co. (Crown).
The inventions in controversy were machines for, and methods of, manufacturing molded polystyrene cups for holding hot liquid. Thompson made and sold machines assertedly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crown MacHine & Tool Co. v. K v P-Sutherland Paper Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1968
- Crown Machine & Tool Co. v. D & S Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Arizona · 1967
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Filtrol Corporation and Texaco Inc., Mobil Oil Corporation v. Filtrol Corporation and Texaco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Crown MacHine & Tool Co., a Corporation, and Cross-Appellee v. D & S Industries, Inc. (Formerly Thompson Industries, Inc.), and Cross-Appellant. Crown MacHine & Tool Co., a Corporation, and Cross-Appellee v. Kvp-Sutherland Paper Company, a Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969