SMITH INTERN., INC. v. HUGHES TOOL CO.

Appeal Nos. 86-1139, 86-1225.

839 F.2d 663 (1988)

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Stone, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for appellant/cross-appellee. With him on the brief were Gerald A. Ambrose, Chicago, Ill. and Linda S. Peterson, Washington, D.C. Also on the brief were Howard J. Trienens, Robert M. Vargo, Ned L. Conley, Jeffrey W. Tayon and David Alan Rose, of Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex.

Rolf O. Stadheim, Haight & Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., argued for appellee/cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Britton A. Davis and Edward A. Haight. Also on the brief were David Brice Toy, Los Angeles, Cal. and Steven O. Kramer, Lawler, Felix & Hall, Los Angeles, Cal.

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


ORDER

NIES, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from the final judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, reported at 229 USPQ 81 (C.D.Cal.1986) (Hupp, J.) [Available on WESTLAW, 1986 WL 4795].* The appeals were submitted for decision, after hearing, on December 1, 1986. On June 5, 1987, a Joint Motion of Smith International, Inc. ("Smith") and Hughes Tool Company (now Baker Hughes Incorporated...

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