Legal Opinion
Lances v. Letz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 2, 1940No. 98PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
The parties here are competitors in the business of manufacturing and marketing sculptural “bras” or brassieres. We have to determine whether or not an incipient controversy between them had become so dead by the time this action was brought as not to furnish a case for a declaratory judgment.
On February 4, 1939, defendant’s attorney addressed a letter to the plaintiff Edith Lances — with ydiom the other plaintiffs do business under the firm name of Edith Lances Brassieres — asserting that the-cut of plaintiffs’ brassiere was an infi-ingement of defendant’s patent No.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leach v. Ross Heater & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Zenie Bros. v. MiskendDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1935
- Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- Mitchell & Weber, Inc. v. Williams Bridge Mills, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1936
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. ByrnesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Cover v. SchwartzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Treemond Co. v. Schering CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Aralac, Inc. v. Hat Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. v. Sylvania Industrial Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Chicago Metallic Mfg. Co. v. Edward Katzinger Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
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