Legal Opinion
Robert W. Kearns v. General Motors Corporation and Brown's Buick & Isuzu
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 26, 1996No. 94-1057PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert W. Kearns appeals the dismissal, by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, of his suit for patent infringement against the General Motors Corporation and Brown’s Buick & Isuzu. 1 The district court held that the action was res judicata based on the involuntary dismissal of an infringement action brought by Dr. Kearns against General Motors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The Michigan action had been dismissed before trial, for Dr. Kearns’ failure to comply with certain deadlines and…
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