Legal Opinion
Gillis v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1936No. 7667PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
The question on this appeal concerns a liability asserted by Jenkins Petroleum Process Company, a Wisconsin corporation, hereinafter called Jenkins, against Robert C. Gillis, receiver of Western Oil & Refining Company, a Nevada corporation, hereinafter called Western. The claimed obligation of the receiver to Jenkins is predicated upon the receiver’s use of certain petroleum process patents owned by Jenkins, who seeks to impose against the receiver a licensee liability arising out of such use. The receiver denies that he is a licensee.
For a number of years Western has…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Owl Fumigating Corporation v. California Cyanide Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1928
- Metropolitan Holding Co. v. SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Pacific Can Co. v. HewesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Hazeltine Corporation v. General Electric Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1937
- Corwin Consultants, Inc. v. Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1974
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