DUAL MFG. & ENGINEERING v. BURRIS INDUSTRIES

No. 79-1136.

619 F.2d 660 (1980)

DUAL MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING, INC., and the Berkline Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BURRIS INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant. LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DUAL MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert C. Brinkman, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

John E. Angle, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, CUMMINGS, PELL, SPRECHER, TONE, BAUER, WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


Reheard En Banc December 3, 1979.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from two judgments entered in consolidated patent infringement cases tried to a jury. The jury found both patents in suit to be valid and infringed. The patents related to chairs which could be reclined without striking a nearby wall. The judgment of the district court was affirmed by a divided panel of this court on July 20, 1979, on the basis that the jury's verdict was...

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