Legal Opinion
Ole K. Nilssen v. Motorola, Inc., and Motorola Lighting, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2001No. 00-2049PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
When this case accusing Motorola of violating patent, contract, and trade secret rights became one of the oldest on its docket, the district court decided to expedite matters by splitting the case in two: the court required Ole Nilssen, the plaintiff, to file a new patent action (No. 96 C 5571) and retained the state-law theories under the original docket number (No. 93 C 6333), thinking that these could be handled quickly. Unfortunately this move backfired, extending rather than abbreviating the litigation. The patent action lingers on the district court’s docket,…
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