Legal Opinion

Keeran v. Wahl Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 4, 1943No. Gen. No. 42,520PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scanlan

An action by plaintiff, the inventor of the Eversharp Pencil, against The Wahl Company, the manufacturer of said pencil, and others, for damages that plaintiff claims resulted from a conspiracy of defendants to injure and damnify him; to despoil him of his rights and interests in said pencil, his patents thereon and all patents relating thereto, and all his rights and interests in the Eversharp Company; “to render nil and vacuous his future business ventures”; “to render impotent his inventive gifts,” and to ruin and destroy him through a series of alleged overt acts committed in pursuance of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Parmelee v. LawrenceIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Burnett v. West Madison State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  3. The People v. LinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Woodbury v. United States Casualty Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
  5. People v. BlumenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gladinus v. LaughlinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  2. Chubb v. Amax Coal Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  3. Murphy v. S-M Delaware, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  4. LaGrange Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Rock River Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  5. Pennwalt Corp. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973

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