MAYTAG CO. v. HURLEY CO.

No. 76.

307 U.S. 243 (1939)

MAYTAG COMPANY v. HURLEY MACHINE CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wallace R. Lane, with whom Messrs. Thomas G. Haight, Nelson E. Johnson, and Oscar W. Jeffery were on the brief, for the Maytag Company.

Mr. William H. Davis, with whom Messrs. Dean S. Edmonds and George E. Faithfull were on the brief, for respondents in Nos. 76 and 77, and petitioner in No. 661.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are patent infringement suits in which certiorari was granted because of a conflict of decision.1 Apparatus claims 23, 26, and 29 of the Snyder patent, No. 1,866,779, which are here involved, have been held invalid in the Second Circuit by reason of anticipation; and have been adjudged valid in the Eighth Circuit. We need not resolve the conflict, since we are of opinion the...

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