Legal Opinion

Gordon Gould and Refac International, Limited, Gordon Gould v. Control Laser Corp., and Holobeam Laser Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 13, 1981No. 79-3405PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from two district court orders granting the defendants summary judgment on two of the three counts of the complaint. The other count remains for trial in the district court, thereby foreclosing our jurisdiction to review the partial summary judgments themselves. However, the complaint also sought injunctive relief. Arguably, the orders granting summary judgment effectively denied the prayer for an injunction. To the extent that we have jurisdiction to review this constructive denial of injunctive relief, we affirm.

Our limited review renders…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. RisjordSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Carson v. American Brands, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. BodingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by47 opinions

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