Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Carbon Corporation v. Continental Oil Company
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 21, 1963No. Civ. A. 6946PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Judge.
Plaintiff, Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, hereinafter called Great Lakes, is a very substantial, privately held corporation which is one of the world’s leading purchasers of petroleum coke. It was in the business of buying and selling petroleum coke for many years before entering into the business of manufacturing graphite electrodes for the steel industry in about 1940. It was Great Lakes’ activities in the manufacture of such electrodes which eventually led to its application for the patent here in suit and to the events which plaintiff contends gave rise to its causes of…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Exhibit Supply Co. v. Ace Patents Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Nch Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Lynn N. Broyles, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Wheelabrator Corporation v. FogleDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1970
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