E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM

Civ. A. No. 81-508-JLL.

720 F.Supp. 373 (1989)

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Phillips 66 Company, and Phillips Driscopipe, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. La Motte III of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., and John O. Tramontine, Edward F. Mullowney, David J. Lee, Glenn A. Ousterhout, Thomas J. Vetter and Michael A. Messina of Fish & Neave, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Craig B. Smith and Robert J. Katzenstein of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, Del., and Harry J. Roper, George S. Bosy, Raymond N. Nimrod, and Steven R. Trybus of Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Philip S. Beck and Philip C. Swain of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff ("DuPont") has moved this Court for entry of a final judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b) on defendants' ("Phillips")1 counterclaim for a declaratory judgment in this patent infringement action. (Docket Item ["D.I."] 319.) This motion is the latest maneuver by the parties in this case to have their respective forum of choice pass first on...

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