PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. U.S. STEEL CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 83-143, 83-148, 83-547, 83-801 and 84-79 MMS.

597 F.Supp. 443 (1984)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Shell Oil Company, Northern Petrochemical Company, and El Paso Products Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP., Hercules Incorporated and Phillips Petroleum Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

November 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, Del. (Harry J. Roper, Sidney Neuman, George S. Bosy, Nicholas A. Poulos, and William H. Frankel, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for Phillips Petroleum Co. and Shell Oil Co.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Francis Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del. (Francis T. Carr, Kenneth E. Madsen, and Philip G. Hampton, II, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City), for Northern Petrochemical Co., U.S. Steel Corp. and Hercules Inc.

Arthur G. Connolly, Jr., Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del. (Thomas F. Reddy, Jr., and Stanton T. Lawrence, III, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City), for El Paso Products Co.


OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

Plaintiff El Paso Products Company ("El Paso") initiated a declaratory judgment action against Phillips Petroleum Company ("Phillips") challenging the validity of a Phillips patent. After accepting a license, El Paso moved to "Retain Royalties Pendente Lite." The motion requests this Court to issue an order determining that:

(a) All royalty payments due Phillips Petroleum Company ("Phillips") pursuant...

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