Legal Opinion
In re Deering Milliken Patent Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided September 12, 1979No. 388Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Before MURRAY I. GURFEIN, Chairman, and EDWIN A. ROBSON, STANLEY A. WEIGEL, ANDREW A. CAFFREY, ROY W. HARPER, and CHARLES R. WEINER, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.
This litigation consists of two actions, one pending in the District of South Carolina and the other pending in the Middle District of North Carolina. Both actions involve allegations of invalidity and infringement of certain patents, patent misuse and antitrust violations.
The South Carolina action actually consists of 37 different actions which were consolidated for trial by the South Carolina court.1 The South…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1977
- In re Multidistrict Litigation Involving Deering Milliken PatentUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970
- The Duplan Corporation, Burlington Industries, Inc., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Frank Ix & Sons Virginia Corporation, Hemmerich Industries, Inc., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Lawrence Texturing Corp., Leon-Ferenbach, Inc., (Division of Chromalloy-American Corp.), Madison Throwing Co., National Spinning Co., Inc., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Swarzenbach-Huber Co., (Now by Merger Indian Head, Inc., a Delaware Corp.), Spring-Tex, Inc., Texelastic Corporation, Texfi Industries, Inc., United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Deering Milliken Inc., Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Moulinage Et Retorderie De Chavanoz, and Ateliers Roannais De Constructions Textiles, and Arct, Inc., the Duplan Corporation, Burlington Industries, Inc., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Frank Ix & Sons Virginia Corporation, Hemmerich Industries, Inc., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Lawrence Texturing Corp., Leon-Ferenbach, Inc., (Division of Chromalloy-American Corp.), Madison Throwing Co., National Spinning Co., Inc., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Swarzenbach-Huber Co., (Now by Merger Indian Head, Inc., a Delaware Corp.), Spring-Tex, Inc., Texelastic Corporation, Texfi Industries, Inc., United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Deering Milliken Inc., Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Moulinage Et Retorderie De Chavanoz, Ateliers Roannais De Constructions Textiles, and Arct, Inc., the Duplan Corporation, Burlington Industries, Inc., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Frank Ix & Sons Virginia Corporation, Hemmerich Industries, Inc., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Lawrence Texturing Corp., Leon-Ferenbach, Inc., (Division of Chromalloy-American Corp.), Madison Throwing Co., National Spinning Co., Inc., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Swarzenbach-Huber Co., (Now by Merger Indian Head, Inc., a Delaware Corp.), Spring-Tex Inc., Texelastic Corporation, Texfi Industries, Inc., United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Deering Milliken Inc., Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Moulinage Et Retorderie De Chavanoz, Ateliers Roannais De Constructions Textiles, and Arct, Inc., the Duplan Corporation, Burlington Industries, Inc., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Frank Ix & Sons Virginia Corporation, Hemmerich Industries, Inc., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Lawrence Texturing Corp., Leon-Ferenbach, Inc., (Division of Chromalloy-American Corp.), Madison Throwing Co., National Spinning Co., Inc., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Swarzenbach-Huber Co., (Now by Merger Indian Head, Inc., a Delaware Corp.), Spring-Tex, Inc., Texelastic Corporation, Texfi Industries, Inc., United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Deering Milliken Inc., Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Moulinage Et Retorderie De Chavanoz, and Ateliers Roannais De Constructions Textiles, and Arct, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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