Crane Co. v. American Standard, Inc.

OPINION

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

This action, now in its thirteenth year of existence, is once again before this Court. The suit has been the subject of three decisions by the Court of Appeals: Crane Co. v. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., 419 F.2d 787 (2d Cir.1969), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 822, 91 S.Ct. 41, 27 L.Ed.2d 50 (1970) (“Crane 7”); Crane Co. v. American Standard, Inc., 490 F.2d 332 (2d Cir.1973) (“Crane 77”); and Crane Co. v. American Standard, Inc., 603 F.2d 244 (2d Cir.1979) (“Crane IV”).1 It has been remanded for this Court to determine whether it should, in the exercise of its…