VAN RENSSELAER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 20833.

223 F.Supp. 323 (1962)

Robert S. VAN RENSSELAER and Edna E. Van Rensselaer, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware and transacting business in Michigan, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

September 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Van Rensselaer and Edna E. Van Rensselaer, in pro. per.

Harold A. Sleeper, Detroit, Mich., Frank DeMarco, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Aloysius F. Power, Detroit, Mich., (Jean L. Carpenter and George W. Coombe, Jr., Detroit, Mich., of counsel), for defendant.


TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought this action against the General Motors Corporation, defendant, hereinafter referred to at times as the Corporation, for damages for alleged pirating of plaintiffs' devices and ideas, submitted by plaintiffs to it. These devices and ideas concern such articles as sun visors and reclining seats, together with exploratory and descriptive material relating thereto, stressing comfort, leg room and roominess. Motion...

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