Legal Opinion
Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp. v. Lansdale Finishers, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 68-1320PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
This is a patent infringement matter which comes before the court on cross motions for summary judgment. The principal question is whether one of the defendants in this case, although not a party to a prior suit, exercised sufficient control over the way it was handled to be bound by an adverse judgment under the res judicata doctrine.
*301Plaintiff, Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp., brought this action to enjoin the infringement of four patents which cover methods and apparatus using electrostatic forces in a spray-painting device. It is charged that Automatic…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schnell v. Peter Eckrich & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Troy Co. v. Products Research Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp. v. Lansdale Finishers, Inc. And Automatic Finishing Systems, Inc. Appeal of Automatic Finishing Systems, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Ransburg Corp. v. Automatic Finishing Systems, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976