DUPLAN CORPORATION v. DEERING MILLIKEN, INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-306.

353 F.Supp. 826 (1973)

The DUPLAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. DEERING MILLIKEN, INC., et al., Defendants. DEERING MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The DUPLAN CORPORATION and Burlington Industries, Inc., Defendants. The DUPLAN CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs on the Counterclaim, v. DEERING MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION, Defendant on the Counterclaim, and Deering Milliken, Inc., et al., Additional Defendants on the Counterclaim.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Spartanburg Division.

January 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Malley, William K. West, Jr., and W. Warren Taltavull, of Cushman, Darby & Cushman, Washington, D. C., and O. G. Calhoun, Jr., of Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnstone, Greenville, S. C., for Burlington Industries, Inc., Madison Throwing Co., Inc., Leon-Ferenbach, Inc. and National Spinning Co., Inc.

Paul Bell, and Charles B. Park, III, of Parrott, Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, Charlotte, N. C., and Fletcher C. Mann, of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville, S. C., for The Duplan Corp., The Schwarzenbach-Huber Co., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Frank Ix & Sons Va., Corp., Lawrence Texturing Corp. and Burkyarns, Inc. Also Allan Trumbull, of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, appeared.

David Rabin, and McNeill Smith, and Michael R. Abel, of Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, N. C., for Texfi Industries, Inc., Blanchard Yarn Co., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Tex-Elastic Corp., Hemmerich Industries, Spring-Tex, Inc., Olympia Mills, Textured Fibres, Virginia Mills, Inc., and Throwing Corp. of America.

Thomas A. Evins, of Butler, Means, Evins, & Browne, Spartanburg, S. C., and Jay Greenfield, of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for Deering Milliken, Inc., and Deering Milliken Research Corp.

Rufus M. Ward, of Ward, Howell & Barnes, Spartanburg, S. C., and Granville M. Brumbaugh, of Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City, for Ateliers Roannais de Constructions Textiles.


HEMPHILL, District Judge:

On February 4, 1972, plaintiff Throwsters, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, filed in this court a motion for summary judgment of invalidity as to two separate United States patents. The first motion seeks an order of this court declaring invalid and void United States Patent 3,382,656, filed January 3, 1966, and issued May 14, 1968, in the name of Henri Crouzet, (and assigned to Chavanoz) for...

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