Legal Opinion
Delta and Pine Land Co. v. Peoples Gin Co.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided March 3, 1982No. GC 81-68-WK-OPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
READY, Chief Judge.
In this action for infringement under the Plant Variety Protection Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2321, et seq., plaintiff Delta and Pine Land Company, a cottonseed breeder, sues defendants Peoples' Gin Company (Peoples), a Mississippi agricultural cooperative, and Hollandale Seed & Delinting Company, Inc. (Hollandale), seeking injunctive relief and damages for unlicensed sales and transfers of Deltapine 41 cottonseed, a novel variety for which plaintiff holds a Certificate of Plant Variety Protection. 1 Plaintiff moves for summary judgment, basing its claim specifically…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Philbrook v. GlodgettSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. First City National Bank of HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Town of GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Cole-McIntyre-Norfleet Co. v. Du BardMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dumas v. Pike County, Miss.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Delta and Pine Land Company v. Peoples Gin Company and Hollandale Seed & Delinting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Delta and Pine Land Co. v. Sinkers Corp.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 2001