Legal Opinion
Medtronic, Inc. v. Catalyst Research Corp.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided July 6, 1981No. 4-77-Civ. 201PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
The continuing battle over production rights to the lithium-iodine battery — a significant development in the cardiac pacemaker industry — is once again before the Court. The plaintiff in this lawsuit, Medtronic, seeks in this motion a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant Catalyst Re search Corporation (“CRC”) from instituting or prosecuting any action that would enjoin Medtronic from manufacturing lithium-iodine batteries or selling pacemakers which contain the batteries. The motion is based on an alleged breach of a written agreement…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Donovan v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Cole v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Gavle v. Little Six, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- Medtronic, Incorporated v. Catalyst Research CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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