Legal Opinion
Kinnear-Weed Corp. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1968No. 16780PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This is an extraordinary petition1 in which Petitioner 2 seeks to set aside the judgment of the Trial Court entered in 1956, holding a patent invalid and not infringed. That judgment was affirmed by this Court in 1958, with subsequent modification in 1961.3
The attack on the judgment of4 September 1956 is based upon the claim that the Trial Judge was disqualified by reason of business transactions and relations with the patent-suit defendant, Humble,5 amounting to a “substantial interest” within the meaning of the disqualification statute6 or other appropriate legal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- J. M. Huber Corporation v. William Harvey Denman and Jay Pumphrey, Trustees of the Estate of S. B. Burnett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Weymouth v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Butcher & Sherrerd v. WelshCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Kinnear-Weed Corporation v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- G. P. Tribble, Allen Harper and One 1953 White Tractor Bearing 1954 Georgia License Plate A/h4892 v. Nancy BruinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Browning v. NavarroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Lawrence E. Moch v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Fredonia Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. v. Rca CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Dr. Milton Margoles v. Alida Johns and the Journal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- S. J. Groves & Sons Co. v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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