Legal Opinion
Electric Cable Joint Co. v. Brooklyn Edison Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 2, 1934No. 611PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Certiorari was granted to review a decree of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, affirming a decree of a district court holding invalid, for want of invention, the Torchio patent, No. 1,172,322, of February 23, 1916, applied for March 15, 1915, for “ an improvement in protective devices for electric cable joints.” 66 F. (2d) 739. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit had previously held the patent valid and infringed. Metropolitan Devices Corp. v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., 36 F. (2d) 477.
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