Supreme Court of the United States, 1923

Concrete Steel Co. v. Vandenburgh

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 19, 1923 · Taft

261 U.S. 16; 43 S. Ct. 335; 67 L. Ed. 512; 1923 U.S. LEXIS 2524 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Thomas J. Johnston, with whom Mr. Lucius E. Varney was on the brief, for petitioner., Mr. O. Ellery Edwards and Mr. Carlos P. Griffin, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Cox was on the brief, for respondent., Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett and Mr. Melville D. Church, by leave of court; filed a brief on behalf of the United States, as amici curiae.'-

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Taft

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a review' of the decree of the Circuit .Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit sustaining the validity of claim No. 3 of the Vandenburgh patent, just considered in the previous case of Vandenburgh v. Truscon Steel Co., ante, 6, and awarding $15,000 for profits to Van-denburgh for defendant’s infringement. The two cases can not be distinguished. We must, therefore, reverse *17 the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit and direct the dismissal of the bill.

Reversed.

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