Legal Opinion
Technical Tape Corporation v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1957No. 24207_1PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
Plaintiff instituted this action on November 17, 1951, under the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 U.S.C. § 2201) to have the defendant’s patent No. 2,177,627, issued to Richard Drew October 31, 1939 1 declared invalid, or, if valid, then not infringed. On a motion in the District Court the complaint was dismissed on the grounds that no justiciable controversy was stated upon which a claim for relief could be founded and that the court lacked jurisdiction. On appeal, this court (200 F.2d 876) reversed and held that an amendment to the complaint in the interest of clarity,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Standard Oil Co. of California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. United States Plywood CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Binks Manufacturing Company, Etc. v. Ransburg Electro-Coating Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. v. Kollsman Instrument CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- National Latex Products Company v. Sun Rubber Company, Akron Presform Mold Company v. Sun Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- Thomas E. Bryan v. Sid W. Richardson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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