E-T INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WHITTAKER CORP.

No. 74-1924.

523 F.2d 636 (1975)

E-T INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Defendant-Appellee, v. WHITTAKER CORP. and Des Plaines Grand Automotive Speed Center, Inc., Defendants-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bushnell, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-plaintiffs-appellants.

Irwin C. Alter, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-defendant-appellee.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 4, 1976.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Were it not for the fact that the invention was a step in a direction opposite to what was considered good engineering practice, Beith's discovery of an automobile wheel that would fit different makes of cars would surely be considered obvious. The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the district court's findings that Beith ignored the risks that would have deterred...

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