COFFMAN v. BREEZE CORPORATIONS

No. 71.

323 U.S. 316 (1945)

COFFMAN v. BREEZE CORPORATIONS, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James D. Carpenter, Jr. and John G. Buchanan, with whom Mr. William H. Eckert was on the brief, for appellant.

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Paul A. Freund and Jerome H. Simonds were on the brief, for the United States, appellee.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether this suit, brought in the District Court by appellant, a patent owner, to enjoin his licensees from paying accrued royalties to the Government under the Royalty Adjustment Act of October 31, 1942, 56 Stat. 1013, 35 U.S.C. Supp. III, §§ 89-96, and attacking the constitutionality of the Act, was rightly dismissed for want of equity jurisdiction and for want of a justiciable...

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