U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

American Electric Power Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Decided July 19, 1976. Robert Lee Carter wrote the opinion for the court.

418 F. Supp. 435 · Cited 119 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Adams v. J. I. Case Co. · 261 N.E.2d 1
Foman v. Davis · 371 U.S. 178
Jones & McKnight Corp. v. Birdsboro Corporation · 320 F. Supp. 39
Cutler v. Hartford Life Insurance · 22 N.Y.2d 245
Kassab v. Soya · 432 Pa. 217
SPIRES Et Ux. v. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. · 364 Pa. 52
County Asphalt, Inc. v. Lewis Welding & Engineering Corp. · 323 F. Supp. 1300
Keystone Diesel E. Co., Inc. v. Irwin · 411 Pa. 222
Koehring Company v. API, INCORPORATED · 369 F. Supp. 882
Randy Knitwear, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co. · 11 N.Y.2d 5
Goldberg v. Kollsman Instrument Corp. · 12 N.Y.2d 432
Melodee Lane Lingerie Co. v. American District Telegraph Co. · 18 N.Y.2d 57
Salzman v. Holiday Inns, Inc. · 48 A.D.2d 258
Applied Data Processing, Inc. v. Burroughs Corp. · 394 F. Supp. 504
Commonwealth v. Rapistan, Inc. · 14 Pa. Commw. 501
Ultramares Corp. v. Touche · 174 N.E. 441
H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co. · 159 N.E. 896
Auten v. Auten · 308 N.Y. 155
Taylor v. Kaufhold · 368 Pa. 538
Doyle v. South Pittsburgh Water Co. · 414 Pa. 199
Line Lexington Lumber & Millwork Co. v. Pennsylvania Publishing Corp. · 451 Pa. 154
Silverman v. Food Fair Stores, Inc. · 407 Pa. 507
Mowrer v. Poirier & McLane Corp. · 382 Pa. 2
Gillespie v. Hunt · 276 Pa. 119
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 385 F. Supp. 572

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