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General Motors Corp. v. Coe, Commissioner of Patents, 1941 — 314 U.S. 688 · caselaw · US
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General Motors Corp. v. Coe, Commissioner of Patents
314 U.S. 688·Supreme Court of the United States·1941
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Opinion
No. 718.
General Motors Corp. v. Coe, Commissioner of Patents.
November 24, 1941.
Messrs. Drury W. Cooper and Frank E. Liverance, Jr. for petitioner. Assistant Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea and Mr. Melvin H. Siegel for respondent. Messrs. William B. Kerkam and John J. Darby filed a brief on behalf of the American Patent Law Association, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied.
The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration and decision of this application.