Legal Opinion
John E. Thropp's Sons Co. v. Seiberling
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 185PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This is a suit to enjoin the infringement of a patent for the making of the outer shoes or casings of pneumatic automobile tires, composed of woven fabric treated with rubber. We have brought it here because of a conflict of opinion between the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the Sixth and the Third Circuits.
The suit in each Circuit was begun by Frank A. Seiber-ling, as assignee. That in the Sixth Circuit was filed in 1914 against the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and was based on alleged infringement of three claims of a patent to Seiberling and Stevens, No. 762,561, of June 14, 1904, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Magowan v. New York Belting & Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. SeiberlingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Marconi Wireless Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- James C. Hobbs v. Wisconsin Power & Light Company and William Powell CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1935
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