Legal Opinion
Topping v. Fry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 1945No. 8691PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court denying plaintiff’s motion for oral argument, granting defendants’ motions to dismiss, and dismissing the complaint with costs to defendants. The order does not show on what grounds the dismissal was based.
Plaintiff described his suit as one “to recover his damage from the failure to exploit plaintiff’s patents for asphalt roofing shingles, and nationally to advertise, create a demand for and market asphalt roofing shingles produced under plaintiff’s patents.” Two corporations and an individual are named in the complaint…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- KVOS, Inc. v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Central Mexico Light & Power Co. v. MunchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Cool v. International Shoe Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Mechanical Ice Tray Corp. v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by40 opinions
- John D. Williamson, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Gordon G. Tucker, Defendants-Appellees-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Anand Prakash v. American UniversityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Kenneth R. Shockley v. Mary Spinner Jones and Terry McLainCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Redfield v. Continental Casualty Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Helene Marceau Sidebotham v. W. L. Robison, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Sidebotham, Deceased, and Robert Sidebotham and James SidebothamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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