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HOWE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 54 C 1893.

252 F.Supp. 924 (1966)

Earl E. HOWE, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

As Amended April 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Horton, Horton, David & McCaleb, Chicago, Ill., E. J. Balluff, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

George N. Hibben, Hibben, Noyes & Bicknell, Chicago, Ill., Arthur A. Raisch, Detroit, Mich., Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

ROBSON, District Judge.

History of Litigation

This suit, filed December 17, 1954, concerning the validity and infringement of the Howe Patent No. 2,201,490, on an "Inclined Hinge," is now before the court for decision on the merits, after trial by the court. A long and tortuous background preceded this decision.

The first adjudication was that of Judge Walter J. La Buy, who in October, 1958, after hearing evidence, overruled the defense of laches...

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