Legal Opinion
Little Mule Corporation, Aluminum Products, Inc., and William E. Housel v. The Lug All Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1958No. 16447_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Involved in this suit are two lightweight, highly efficient, hand-operated winches which have been designed to enable an operator to lower loads under positive control. The Lug All Company manufactures its device under the Wallace Patent No. 2,633,328, dated March 31, 1953. It instituted the suit for infringement in the district court. The accused device is manufactured by appellants under authority of the Du Bois Patent No. 2,738,954, dated March 20, 1956.
The basic questions involved are: (1) whether the Wallace Patent is valid and, if so, (2) whether the appellants’…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by21 opinions
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