YODER BROS., INC. v. CALIFORNIA-FLORIDA PLANT CORP.

No. 75-2141.

537 F.2d 1347 (1976)

YODER BROTHERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA-FLORIDA PLANT CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants. CALIFORNIA-FLORIDA PLANT CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. YODER BROTHERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Ullman, David L. Foster, Frederick L. McKnight, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

Frederick P. Furth, Arthur L. Martin, San Francisco, Cal., John H. Boone, San Francisco, Cal., Thomas E. Schatzel, Santa Clara, Cal., for defendants-appellees-cross appellants.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and JONES and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this clash between two giants of the chrysanthemum business, we confront a myriad of antitrust and plant patent issues. Yoder Brothers (Yoder), plaintiff in the district court, sued, alleging infringement of twenty-one chrysanthemum plant patents by California-Florida Plant Corp. (CFPC) and California-Florida Plant Corp. of Florida (CFPCF) (sometimes referred to collectively as Cal-Florida). CFPC and CFPCF denied the infringement and filed...

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