Legal Opinion
J. Irizarry Y Puente v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1957No. 5252_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff has appealed from the summary judgment of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing his complaint against the defendants, the President and Fellows of Harvard College and Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of the Harvard Law School. The complaint alleged in essence that a series of reports on foreign tax systems which the Harvard Law School is preparing makes use of an idea which the plaintiff owned exclusively and which the defendants stole from him. Counts one and four of the complaint allege that the defendants converted to their own use the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bristol v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Chadwick v. CovellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Grombach Productions, Inc. v. WaringNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Smoley v. New Jersey Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Laughlin Filter Corp. v. Bird Machine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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- Vantage Point, Inc. v. Parker Bros., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1981
- Atlantic Wool Combing Company v. Norfolk Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
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