BLUMCRAFT OF PITTSBURGH v. KAWNEER COMPANY, INC.

No. 72-3428.

482 F.2d 542 (1973)

BLUMCRAFT OF PITTSBURGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAWNEER COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin G. Russell, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., James C. McConnon, Frank J. Benasutti, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Timothy White, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph B. Brennan, Bennett L. Kight, Atlanta, Ga., Richard D. Mason, Andrew J. Bootz, Joseph Krieger, Robert L. Rohrback, Chicago, Ill., William S. White, Niles, Mich., Edward L. Greenblatt, LeRoy C. Hobbs, Robert Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In the 1971 case of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories v. University of Illinois Foundation, 402 U.S. 313, 91 S.Ct. 1434, 28 L.Ed.2d 788, the Supreme Court partially overruled a long line of cases1 and held that collateral estoppel could be applied in patent infringement cases, regardless of mutuality as long as the plaintiff had a "full and fair opportunity" to litigate the validity of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases