WALKER PROCESS EQUIPMENT, INC. v. FMC CORPORATION

No. 14880.

356 F.2d 449 (1966)

WALKER PROCESS EQUIPMENT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FMC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Haight, Charles J. Merriam, Chicago, Ill., William A. Marshall, Chicago, Ill., Merriam, Marshall, Shapiro & Klose, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellant.

James W. Clement, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and KILEY and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


(En Banc).

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Walker Process Equipment, Inc. from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction because of the absence of an actual controversy, Walker's declaratory judgment action against the F.M.C. Corporation (FMC).1 In its complaint, Walker sought to have a patent owned by FMC, U.S. Patent No. 2,777,815, entitled...

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