ALCO STANDARD CORP. v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 77-2513 H.

597 F.Supp. 133 (1984)

ALCO STANDARD CORPORATION, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, a U.S. Corporation, Defendant, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP., a Delaware Corp., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, W.D.

October 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Keathley, Memphis, Tenn., Edward A. Haight, Rolf O. Stadheim, Gomer W. Walton, Chicago, Ill., for Alco Standard Corp.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Justin M. Schwamm, Sr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Don O. Whitehead, Nicholas A. Della Volpe, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., for Tennessee Valley Authority.

Robert M. Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., John F. Lynch, Alan H. Gordon, Houston, Tex., for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.


OPINION

HORTON, District Judge.

This is an action for patent infringement brought by plaintiff, Alco Standard Corporation, against defendant, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and third-party defendant Westinghouse Electric Corporation. TVA hired Westinghouse to inspect turbine rotors in TVA's generating plants. In performing such inspections for TVA, Westinghouse allegedly used a device that infringed U.S. patent 3,960,006 (006 patent). The 006 patent was...

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