Legal Opinion
Timken-Detroit Axle Co. v. Alma Motor Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 23, 1942No. 198PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
In this action the plaintiff, under the Declaratory Judgment Act, asks the Court to determine certain questions of law and fact, arising in connection with the defendant’s patent No. 2,173,044 (issued to Ruggles and Smith September 12, 1939) and an agreement by which the plaintiff became a licensee. The patent is for mechanism known as a transfer case — an auxiliary transmission by which the drive of the engine of an automobile truck may be extended to the front axle as well as to the rear. In substance, the relief asked for is that the Court declare that the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Formica Insulation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States v. Harvey Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Swan Carburetor Co. v. General Motors CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1927
- Standard Water Systems Co. v. Grissom-Russell Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
- Crom v. Cement Gun Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1942
3Cited by4 opinions
- Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Automatic Paper Machinery Co. v. Marcalus Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Romero v. WeakleyDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955
- Timken-Detroit Axle Co. v. Alma Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947