Legal Opinion
Bendix Corp. v. Balax, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1970No. Nos. 17343, 17344PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s predecessor brought this action charging defendants with infringement of three of its patents and with appropriation of its trade secrets. Defendants counterclaimed charging plantiff with violations of the antitrust laws.
The original plaintiff was Besley-Welles Corporation, an Illinois corporation. After this suit was commenced its assets were acquired by Bendix Corporation of Delaware. Its business is now operated as a division of Bendix. The defendants are Balax, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and John M. Van Vleet, Balax’s founder and president, a…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- United States v. Masonite Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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