HUGHES TOOL CO. v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Appeal Nos. 85-2471, 85-2502.

816 F.2d 1549 (1987)

HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lynch, Arnold, White & Durkee, of Houston, Tex., argued for appellant, cross-appellee. With him on the brief were Michael O. Sutton and Donald J. Aspelund. Also on the brief were M. Scott Nickson, Jr. and Edward G. Fiorito, Dresser Industries, Inc., of Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Britton A. Davis, Haight, Hofeldt, Davis & Jambor, Chicago, Ill., argued for appellee, cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Edward A. Haight and Dorsey L. Baker. Also on the brief was Robert A. Felsman, Felsman, Bradley & Gunter, of Fort Worth, Tex.

Before FRIEDMAN, RICH, Circuit Judges, COWEN, BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judges, and NIES, Circuit Judge.


RICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the final amended judgment of March 11, 1985, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Mahon, Judge, holding Hughes Tool Company's (Hughes Tool) U.S. Patent No. 3,397,928 ('928 patent)1 valid and infringed by Dresser Industries, Inc. (Dresser), awarding damages in the amount of $132,096,430.92, and from orders denying various Dresser post-trial motions to reopen the...

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