Legal Opinion
Bros, Inc. v. W. E. Grace Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1958No. 17194PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Unlike most patent appeals which range the broad spectrum of limitless charge and countercharge, this one presents two narrow questions, each primarily procedural in nature. The first is whether summary judgment for the Pat-entee against the defendant Infringers could be entered on the basis of a prior judgment in an Ohio suit. If so, the second question is whether the Court in that summary judgment could deny an accounting for damages.
The Patentee, owner of Bros patent 2,610,557 covering improvements in a pneumatic roller compactor, filed this traditional patent…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Bruce Construction Corporation v. United States of America for Use of Westinghouse Electric Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Prince Heyward v. Public Housing AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Inglett & Company, Inc. v. Everglades Fertilizer Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Norman Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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- John L. Broadway v. City of Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- American Safety Flight Systems, Inc. v. The Garrett CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Pitt Tyson Maner, Jr. v. Ingela Idfors ManerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Bros, Incorporated v. W. E. Grace Manufacturing Company, and William E. Grace, W. E. Grace Manufacturing Company, and William E. Grace v. Bros, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Arcadia Marine, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986