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

Civ. A. No. 83-C-434.

629 F.Supp. 1042 (1986)

RITE-HITE CORPORATION, Acme Dock Specialists, Inc., Allied Equipment Corp., Anderson Material Handling Co., Applied Handling, Inc., C & L Equipment Corporation, W.E. Carlson Corporation, R.B. Curlin, Inc., Equipment Systems, Inc., Great Northern Industrial Prod., Inc., HOJ Engineering & Sales Co., Inc., Indy Equipment Company, Inc., Johnson Equipment Co., Keller Equipment Co., Inc., King Industrial Equipment, Inc., Loading Dock Equipment Co., Inc., McCormick Equipment Company, Inc., Metro Dock Specialists, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Handling Systems, Inc., Niehaus Industrial Sales, Inc., Northway Material Handling Co., Inc., Rice Equipment Co., Stokes Equipment Company, Inc., Timbers & Associates, Inc., Todd Equipment Corporation, U.S. Materials Handling Corp., John L & Associates, Inc., and Stordox Equipment Co., Plaintiffs, v. KELLEY COMPANY, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

March 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore W. Anderson, Arthur W. Olson, Jr., Lawrence E. Apolzon & Roger H. Stein, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill. and Gilbert W. Church, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Glenn O. Starke, Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, and Matthew J. Flynn, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This is an action in patent infringement and unfair competition. Federal jurisdiction derives from 28 U.S.C. § 1338. The plaintiffs Rite-Hite Corporation ("Rite-Hite") and its independent representatives seek a judgment that a truck restraining device manufactured and distributed by defendant Kelley Company, Inc. ("Kelley") infringes a patent owned by Rite-Hite, and that Kelley has competed unfairly by its use...

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