OSBORN v. BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY

No. 17391.

309 F.2d 99 (1962)

Orin OSBORN, Appellant, v. BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wettrick, Flood, O'Brien, Toulouse & Lirhus, and George J. Toulouse, Jr., Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Holman, Mickelwait, Marion, Black & Perkins, J. Paul Coie and David E. Wagoner, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an employee of Boeing Airplane Company, brought this action to recover compensation for the use of an idea he had submitted for improvement of Boeing's production methods.1 The District Court granted Boeing's motion for summary judgment. We reverse, finding material factual issues to be tried.

The parties had agreed to a pretrial order, which, under the heading "Admitted Facts," described a ...

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