DUPLAN CORP. v. DEERING MILLIKEN, INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-306.

444 F.Supp. 648 (1977)

The DUPLAN CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEERING MILLIKEN, INC., Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Moulinage et Retorderie de Chavanoz, Ateliers Roannais de Constructions Textiles, and ARCT, Inc., Defendants.

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

July 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Bell, Charles B. Park, III, John J. Barnhardt, III, of Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, Charlotte, N. C., and Fletcher C. Mann of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville, S. C., for Burkyarns, Inc., The Duplan Corp., Frank Ix & Sons Virginia Corp., Jonathan Logan, Inc., Lawrence Texturing Corp., Schwarzenbach Huber Co., United Merchants & Mfrs., Inc.

David L. Foster, Allan Trumbull, Michael C. Lambert, Richard A. Van Dusen of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for The Duplan Corp. and Lawrence Texturing Corp.

John W. Malley, William K. West, Jr., Lawrence A. Hymo, 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., National Spinning Co., and Leon Ferenbach, Inc.

McNeill Smith, Michael R. Abel of Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, N. C., and David Rabin, Greensboro, N. C., for Texfi Industries, Inc., Dixie Yarns, Inc., Reliable Silk Dyeing Co., Inc., Spring-Tex, Inc., Blanchard Yarn Co., Inc., and Olympia Industries, Inc.

David Rabin, Greensboro, N. C., for TexElastic Corp. and Hemmerich Industries, Inc.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Morgan, Finnegan, Pine, Foley & Lee, New York City, Butler, Means, Evins & Browne, Spartanburg, S. C., for Chavanoz S. A. (formerly Moulinage et Retorderie de Chavanoz), Milliken Research Corp. (formerly Deering Milliken Research Corp.) and Milliken & Co. (formerly Deering Milliken, Inc.); Simon H. Rifkind, Jay H. Topkis, Jay Greenfield, Cameron Clark, Victoria G. Traube, Howard S. Veisz, Granville M. Pine, Harry C. Marcus, Kurt E. Richter, Eugene Moroz, John F. Sweeney, New York City, of counsel.

Arthur O. Cooke of Cooke & Cooke, A. Wayland Cooke, Greensboro, N. C., for ARCT, Inc.

Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, Granville M. Brumbaugh, James N. Buckner, Granville M. Brumbaugh, Jr., New York City, for ARCT-France.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DUPREE, District Judge.

This patent-antitrust litigation consisting of thirty-seven separate actions consolidated for purposes of trial has been tried to the court without a jury on the liability issues only, and in this memorandum of decision the court will record its findings of fact and conclusions of law in compliance with Rule 52(a), F.R.Civ.P. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, 1337, 1338, 2201 and 2202...

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