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PPG INDUSTRIES v. CELANESE POLYMER SPECIALTIES CO.

Civ. A. No. 78-0380-L(A).

658 F.Supp. 555 (1987)

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. CELANESE POLYMER SPECIALTIES COMPANY, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Louisville, Division.

April 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. C. Guethlein, Louisville, Ky., Edward M. O'Toole, Carl E. Moore, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Carl T. Severini, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Herbert F. Schwartz, New York City, John T. Ballantine, Ogden & Robertson, Louisville, Ky., Herbert F. Schwartz, David J. Lee, James F. Haley, Jr., Ron E. Shulman, Fish & Neave, New York City, Andrew F. Sayko, Jr., Chatham, N.J., Herbert P. Price, Jeffersontown, Ky., Thomas J. Morgan, Robert A. Longman, Celanese Corp., New York City, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLEN, Senior District Judge.

This action is submitted to the Court upon the application of Celanese for an award of $1,281,807.24 in attorneys' fees and disbursements. Plaintiff objects to an award in that amount as being unjustified in fact and law.

The right of the defendant to an award of attorneys' fees is based on 35 U.S.C. § 285, which provides: "The Court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the...

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