Legal Opinion
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. Stickney
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1903No. 1,814PublishedCited by 30 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to restrain the infringement of letters patent No. 655,440, issued August 7, 1900, to Frank G. Hobart, who assigned the patent to Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,, the complainant below and the appellant in this court. The invention covered by the patent, in the language of the patentee—
“Relates particularly to that class of devices which are designed to be used in connecting and disconnecting a moving or driving part with an idler part, or piece to be driven, and is of the class commonly known as ‘friction-clutches,’ * * .* [and] has for its object, primarily,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Metallic Extraction Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Streator Cathedral Glass Co. v. Wire-Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899
- Fraim v. KeenUnited States Circuit Court · 1885
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Detroit Motor Appliance Co. v. BurkeDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1925
- J. A. Mohr & Son v. Alliance Securities Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Conway v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Sodemann Heat & Power Co. v. KauffmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- Trane Co. v. Nash Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1928
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