Legal Opinion
Longwood Manufacturing Corp. v. Wheelabrator Clean Water Systems, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 23, 1996No. Civil No. 96-204-P-HPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
HORNBY, District Judge.
A 1944 Supreme Court decision and a 1957 First Circuit decision require me to deny this motion to dismiss, although there appears to be no good reason for any continued vitality to those holdings.
In a separate action, Wheelabrator Clean Water Systems, Inc. has sued Long-wood Manufacturing Corp. for patent infringement. Among its affirmative defenses in that other action, Longwood has claimed that Wheelabrator’s patent is invalid because it was fraudulently procured. Now in this separate action Longwood has sued Wheelab-rator under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Diamond Scientific Co. v. Ambico, Inc. And Clarence Joseph WelterCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- Shamrock Technologies, Inc. v. Medical Sterilization, Inc., and Robert S. LuniewskiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Hydranautics v. Filmtec CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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