LaSALLE v. CARLTON'S LAYDOWN SERVICE, INC.

No. 81-3526.

680 F.2d 432 (1982)

LeRoy LaSALLE and A. C. Company of South Louisiana, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CARLTON'S LAYDOWN SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gunn, Lee & Jackson, C. Donald Gunn, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Pravel, Gambrell, Hewitt, Kirk & Kimball, Coke Wilson, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a patent infringement claim. The Teague patent owned by LeRoy LaSalle and A. C. Company of South Louisiana relates to a "wire-line laydown machine" designed to be used with drilling rigs. This machine transfers a joint of pipe from its horizontal position on pipe racks located adjacent to a drilling rig to a vertical location on the rig, ready for use. The BC machine owned by Carlton C. Woodson, III, of Carlton...

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