Legal Opinion
Gilbert v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 1943No. 39PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought in the District Court for the Western District of New York to charge the defendant as trustee ex maleficio for the plaintiff of an unpatented invention submitted by the plaintiff to the defendant in confidence for inspection and fraudulently appropriated by it. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity. The district court found after trial that the defendant did not appropriate any invention the plaintiff submitted to it and dismissed the bill. This appeal is from the decree then entered.
Since the dismissal was on the ground that the plaintiff had…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States Ex. Rel. Lowry & Planters Compress Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Shell Petroleum Corporation v. CaudleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- Manke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
- Gilbert v. LachapelleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Ewing v. United States Ex Rel. Fowler Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Moosman v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- De Filippis v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1944
- William A. Meier Glass Co. v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corp.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
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