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ADKINS v. LEAR, INC.

Docket Nos. L.A. 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207.

67 Cal.2d 882 (1967)

435 P.2d 321

64 Cal. Rptr. 545

JOHN S. ADKINS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LEAR, INCORPORATED, Defendant and Appellant. (Consolidated Appeals.)

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beilenson, Meyer, Rosenfeld & Susman, Peter R. Cohen and Gary A. Schlessinger for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Christie, Parker & Hale, C. Russell Hale, Edwin L. Hartz and Kenneth C. Newell for Defendant and Respondent.

MOSK, J.

John S. Adkins, an inventor and mechanical engineer, was engaged in the development and improvement of gyroscopes1 for Lear, Incorporated, a manufacturer of gyroscopes and related mechanisms. Adkins brought this action against Lear, alleging in his first cause of action that prior to 1955 he had conceived certain inventions and made them available to Lear and that on September 15, 1955, he entered into a written agreement with...

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