SHEEHAN v. DOYLE

No. 74-1318.

513 F.2d 895 (1975)

John C. SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank P. DOYLE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Jacobs, Jr., New York City, with whom Jacobs & Jacobs, P. C., New York City, Owen F. Clarke, Jr., and Sullivan & Worcester, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendants-appellants.

Thomas E. Spath, with whom N. Dale Sayre, McLean, Boustead & Sayre, New York City, Robert J. Horn, Jr., Kenway & Jenney, Boston, Mass., were on brief for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the authority of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts to order discovery in aid of a patent interference proceeding being conducted before the Board of Patent Interferences in Arlington, Virginia.

Doyle (a name used for three nonresident aliens) is engaged in an interference in the United States Patent Office against Sheehan, a Massachusetts resident. See 35 U.S.C. § 135. At...

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