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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Wagner Electric Mfg. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 1, 1916No. Nos. 4432, 4444PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Suit in equity by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company against the Wagner Electric. Manufacturing Company. From a final decree, both parties appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

These appeals involve an accounting by defendant, the Wagner Company, for profits realized from an infringement of claim 4 of patent No. 366,362 to George Westinghouse, Jr., for improvements in electrical converters or transformers. The validity of claim 4 and the fact of infringement were established in the Second Circuit in a suit against a customer of the defendant. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Union Carbide Co. (C. C.) 112 Fed. 417; Id., 55 C. C. A. 230, 117 Fed. 495. The plaintiff, Westinghouse Company, the assignee of the patent, then brought this suit in the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Wagner Electric & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Wagner Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  5. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Union Carbide Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dalton v. BowersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  2. Russell-Miller Milling Co., Inc. v. ToddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  3. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Wagner Electric Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
  4. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Wagner Electric Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922

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