Legal Opinion

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. And Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. v. C.R. Bard, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 14, 1992No. 91-1305PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

C.R. Bard, Inc. appeals the order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1, declining to modify an injunction previously entered by consent, based on settlement between the parties. Bard urges that the law upon which the injunction was predicated has now been changed, and that it would be unfair to hold Bard to the original terms of the settlement. We affirm the district court’s denial of the requested modification.

BACKGROUND

In February, 1984 W.L. Gore & Associates and Gore Enterprise Holdings (collectively “Gore”) sued Bard for…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. MoitieSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. System Federation No. 91 v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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