Legal Opinion
Joe Boop v. Ford Motor Company, Dearborn Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 1960No. 12842PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a farmer by occupation, brought this suit claiming damages in the sum of Two Million Dollars for the alleged misappropriation by defendants, Ford Motor Company (Ford) and Dear-born Motors Corporation (Dearborn), of his original ideas and designs for a corn picker. Dearborn was never served with process, and did not appear in this action. The District Court granted Ford’s motion for a summary judgment and dismissed the complaint and the suit. 1
Plaintiff claims he developed new and novel ideas for mounting a corn picker on a Ford tractor; that he revealed these…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- J. Irizarry Y Puente v. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- Hisel v. Chrysler Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1951
- Boop v. Ford Motor CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1959
3Cited by7 opinions
- Roger Burten D/B/A Rainy Day Games & Toys v. Milton Bradley CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Houser v. Snap-On Tools CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1962
- Burten v. Milton Bradley Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Juliano v. Hobart Manufacturing CompanyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1961
- Helen Davies v. Carnation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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