RITE-HITE CORP. v. KELLEY CO., INC.

Nos. 92-1206, 92-1260.

56 F.3d 1538 (1995)

RITE-HITE CORPORATION, Acme Dock Specialists, Inc., Allied Equipment Corp., Applied Handling, Inc., Anderson Material Handling Co., Block-Dickson, Inc., Robert Lund d/b/a HMH Company, HOJ Engineering & Sales Co., Inc., Johnson Equipment Co., Johnl & Associates, Inc., Keller Equipment Co., Inc., Loading Dock Equipment, Inc., Metro Dock Specialists, Inc., McCormick Equipment Company, Inc., Mid-South Dock Systems, Inc., Harry Monohan, Niehaus Industrial Sales, Inc., Northway Material Handling Co., Inc., Pemco Material Handling, Inc., R.B. Curlin, Inc., Rice Equipment Company, Stokes Equipment Company, Inc., Robert Soper Limited, Timbers & Associates, Inc., Todd Equipment Corporation, Thayer Systems, Inc., and W.E. Carlson Corporation, Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellants, v. KELLEY COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Florsheim, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, argued, for plaintiffs/cross-appellants. With him on the brief was Jeffrey N. Costakos. Also on the brief was Theodore W. Anderson, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Chicago, IL.

Keith V. Rockey, Rockey, Rifkin & Ryther, Chicago, IL, argued, for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief was Thomas C. Elliott. Also on the brief were Thomas F. Ging, Thomas S. Malciauskas and Marcos Reilly, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL.

Geoffrey G. Gilbert, John P. Ryan, Jr. and Marc L. Fogelberg, McBride, Baker & Coles, Chicago, IL, were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Grain Processing Corp.

David J. Brezner, Richard F. Trecartin, Richard P. Doyle, Jr., and Laura L. Kulhanjian, Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert, San Francisco, CA, were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Otari Mfg. Corp.

Stanley L. Amberg, Davis, Hoxie, Faithful & Hapgood, New York City, and Harrie R. Samaras, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, Newport Beach, CA, were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Stanley L. Amberg and Harrie R. Samaras.

Before ARCHER, Chief Judge, RICH, Circuit Judge, SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge and NIES, NEWMAN, MAYER, MICHEL, PLAGER, LOURIE, CLEVENGER, RADER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion of the court filed by Circuit Judge LOURIE, in which Circuit Judges RICH, MICHEL, PLAGER, CLEVENGER, and SCHALL join; Chief Judge ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge EDWARD S. SMITH, and Circuit Judges NIES and MAYER join as to part AIII; and Circuit Judges PAULINE NEWMAN and RADER join as to parts AI and B. Circuit Judge NIES filed an opinion, joined by Chief Judge ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge EDWARD S. SMITH, and Circuit Judge...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases