GOULD v. LUMONICS RESEARCH LTD.

No. 79 C 4594.

495 F.Supp. 294 (1980)

Gordon GOULD et al., Plaintiffs, v. LUMONICS RESEARCH LIMITED, Defendant, and General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Intervenor.

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

August 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Scavone, Hosier, Niro & Daleiden, Chicago, Ill., Joseph S. Littenberg, Lerner, David, Littenberg & Samuel, Westfield, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Jerome S. Littenberg, Westfield, N. J., Robert W. Duckworth, Duckworth, Hobby, Allen & Pettis, P. A., Orlando, Fla., D. Dennis Allegretti, Allegretti, Newitt, Witcoff & McAndrews, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

Tim G. Jagodzinski, George E. Frost, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corporation.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Defendant Lumonics Research Limited ("Lumonics")1 has moved:

1. to dismiss the complaint or alternatively require the joinder of Creative Patents, Inc. ("Creative Patents") as an indispensable party plaintiff; and 2. to disqualify the firm of Lerner, David, Littenberg & Samuel ("Lerner, David") as counsel for plaintiffs.

For the reasons stated in this opinion...

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