AMERICAN EQUIPMENT CORP. v. WIKOMI MFG. CO.

No. 79-1960.

630 F.2d 544 (1980)

AMERICAN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WIKOMI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter H. Kokjer, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul M. Denk, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellee.

Before SPRECHER, BAUER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this suit for patent infringement, plaintiff-appellant American Equipment Corporation ("American") moved for summary judgment against defendant-appellee Wikomi Manufacturing Company ("Wikomi II"), asserting that a prior consent decree between American and an alleged privy of Wikomi II, which adjudged the patent now in issue both valid and infringed, is res judicata on the instant claim. The district court denied American's motion but subsequently...

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