Legal Opinion
De Filippis v. Chrysler Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 23, 1944PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, District Judge.
Plaintiff, claiming to have invented a transmission mechanism for automobiles, the use of which would eliminate parts and greatly increase efficiency in reducing the consumption of fuel, in 1931 communicated with the defendant Warner Gear Company (solely owned and controlled by the defendant Warner Corporation) regarding the possibility of interesting it in his device; that company requested him to deliver to it drawings and a description of the device, which he did, believing in the integrity and general reputation of the two corporations, and for upwards of eight…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co. v. MaslandSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Hoeltke v. C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Picard v. United Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Booth v. Stutz Motor Car Co. of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Kathleen K. Wilkin v. Sunbeam CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- De Filippis v. Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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