SHEEHAN v. DOYLE

No. 75-1218.

529 F.2d 38 (1976)

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

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, Doyle questions the wisdom of our decision in Sheehan v. Doyle, 513 F.2d 895 (1st Cir. 1975). In that case, Sheehan had sought documentary discovery from Doyle, and the latter had defended on grounds that Doyle, a nonresident alien, was beyond the jurisdiction and venue of the district court. We sustained Doyle, but on the ground that 35 U.S.C. § 24 "does not confer jurisdiction upon the district...

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