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Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Utah Medical Products, Inc. v. Spectramed, Inc., Defendant/cross-Appellant
t is the validity of the judgment, not the quality of any opinion supporting it, that has legal significance....
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Dobson v. Dunlap
See Fulani v. Hogsett, 917 F.2d 1028, 1031 (7th Cir.1990), cert den. 501 U.S. 1206 , 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (finding claims barred by laches where plaintiffs filed suit three weeks before general election to challenge decisions by Secretary of State made public eleven weeks before); Kay v. Austin, 621 F.2d 809, 813 (6th Cir.1980) (applying laches where candidate waited to file suit until two weeks after he knew he would not be listed on ballot); Liddy v. Lamone, 398 Md. 233 , 919 A.2d 1276 (2007) (concluding that trial court erred in failing to apply equitable doctrine of laches to b…
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In Re James Constant, Debtor. (Two Cases) James Constant v. Stephen v. Wilson, District Judge Manuel Real, Chief District Judge Robert P. Aguilar Oscar Davis Wilson Cowen, Judge Edward Smith Helen Nies Pauline Newman Howard Markey Paul Michel United States of America, (Three Cases)
See Constant v. United States, 929 F.2d 654, 656 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 2799 (1991); Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 892 (1988).
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In Re James Constant, Debtor. James Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc.
See Constant v. United States, 929 F.2d 654, 656 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 2799 (1991); Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 892 (1988).
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Valentine Sugars, Inc. v. Donau Corporation
See Anderman/Smith Co. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 918 F.2d 1215, 1218 (5th Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (1991) (award must at least be rationally inferable from the agreement).
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Valentine Sugars, Inc. v. Donau Corp.
See Anderman/Smith Co. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 918 F.2d 1215, 1218 (5th Cir.1990), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (1991) (award must at least be rationally inferable from the agreement).
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Valentine Sugars, Inc. v. Donau Corp.
See Anderman/Smith Co. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 918 F.2d 1215, 1218 (5th Cir.1990), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (1991) (award must at least be rationally inferable from the agreement).
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Hellyer Communications, Inc. v. WRC Properties, Inc.
Joseph Loan & Trust Co. v. Neu, 209 Ind. 433 , 196 N.E. 85, 90 (1935) (“[m]eans of knowledge with the duty of using them are, in equity, equivalent to knowledge itself’) (quoting Cordova v. Hood, 84 U.S. 1 , 17 Wall. 1 , 21 L.Ed. 587 (1872)); see also Fulani v. Hogsett, 917 F.2d 1028, 1031 (7th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 501 U.S. 1206 , 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (1991) (concluding that laches barred claim challenging state election procedure where nature of claim requires expeditious prosecution and before filing claim, plaintiff waited eleven weeks after ballots were public record an…
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Persyn v. United States
Cambridge Prods., Ltd. v. Penn Nutrients, Inc., 962 F.2d 1048, 1051 (Fed.Cir.1992); see also Constant v. United States, 929 F.2d 654, 658 (Fed.Cir.) (sanctioning counsel for persisting to raise the same issues that had been finally decided), cert. denied, 501 U.S. 1206 , 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 973 (1991); Laitram Corp. v. Cambridge Wire Cloth Co., 919 F.2d 1579, 1583-84 (Fed.Cir.1990) (recognizing the court’s inherent powers to discourage attorneys’ vexatious conduct on appeal), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 831 , 113 S.Ct. 97 , 121 L.Ed.2d 57 (1992); see also Eash v. Riggins Tracking, Inc.…
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Fulani v. Brady
See Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1, 8 , 109 S.Ct. 890, 896 , 103 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989) (publisher of general interest magazine had standing to bring action challenging statute exempting religious periodicals from paying sales and use taxes); see also Fulani v. Hogsett, 917 F.2d 1028, 1030 (7th Cir.1990) (standing for presidential candidate who was on ballot to challenge placement of competitors on the ballot), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 2799 , 115 L.Ed.2d 972 (1991); Common Cause, 512 F.Supp. at 29-30 (candidate standing to challenge a franking statute benefitting competitors…
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Constant
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 90-1661.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jun 10, 1991.
Published
Citer courts: Federal Circuit (1)
C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.