Legal Opinion
Brown v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 15, 1944No. 3944PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEDERLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Grant C. Brown, who i.s not an attorney, filed a complaint in his own behalf charging the defendant, Ford Motor Company, with infringement of United States Letters Patent No. 1,603,899, for which he claimed damages in the amount of one and one-half billion dollars. Before answering, defendant filed a motion for bill of particulars, and plaintiff filed a bill of particulars. Thereupon, defendant moved for more definite and further particulars. After some delay, plaintiff retained counsel to represent him and filed an amended answer to the defendant’s demand…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. CramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Clark Thread Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Beegle v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- American Fibre-Chamois Co. v. Buckskin-Fibre Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Van Camp Sea Food Co. v. Westgate Sea Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by15 opinions
- George Scharmer v. Carrollton Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Smith v. General Foundry MacH. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Rubinstein v. Silex Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- Fulmer v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1949
- Graphicana Corporation v. Baia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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