BAUMSTIMLER v. RANKIN

No. 81-1045.

677 F.2d 1061 (1982)

A. B. BAUMSTIMLER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bueford B. RANKIN, et al., Defendants, Kenneth J. Laughlin, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards, Harris & Medlock, James P. Bradley, Dallas, Tex., James Ingram, San Antonio, Tex., Will Hadden, Odessa, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Wendell Coffee, Lubbock, Tex., Ruff Ahders, Warren Burnett, Associated, Odessa, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Roy Bell, Odessa, Tex., for other interested parties.

Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

A. B. Baumstimler, the holder of two letters patent on oil well clean-out tools, sued Kenneth Laughlin, Beuford Rankin, and John Barbee for infringement and, after a jury trial on liability, received a judgment against all defendants. Defendant Laughlin appeals, alleging a multitude of errors, including incorrect instructions to the jury, insufficient evidence of infringement, improper submission of the issue of validity to the jury,...

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