U.S. District Court / D. New Jersey

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. MCI Communications Corp.

Decided May 3, 1990. Alfred James Lechner Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

736 F. Supp. 1294 · Cited 52 times

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Sandvik, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co. · 724 F. Supp. 303
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Alpo Petfoods, Inc. v. Ralston Purina Co. · 720 F. Supp. 194
Eason v. Linden Avionics, Inc. · 706 F. Supp. 311
Chrysler Capital Corp. v. Woehling · 663 F. Supp. 478
E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Diamond Shamrock Corp. · 522 F. Supp. 588
United States Golf Ass'n v. U.S. Amateur Golf Ass'n · 690 F. Supp. 317
Ballard Medical Products v. Concord Laboratories, Inc. · 700 F. Supp. 796
American Home Products Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson · 668 F. Supp. 446
Electro-Catheter Corp. v. Surgical Specialties Instrument Co. · 587 F. Supp. 1446
Security Savings Bank v. Green Tree Acceptance, Inc. · 703 F. Supp. 350
Willemijn Houdstermaatschaapij BV v. Apollo Computer Inc. · 707 F. Supp. 1429
Schmidt v. Leader Dogs for the Blind, Inc. · 544 F. Supp. 42
Kirschner Bros. Oil, Inc. v. Pannill · 697 F. Supp. 804
Hardaway Constructors, Inc. v. Conesco Industries, Ltd. · 583 F. Supp. 617
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. T. S. L., Ltd. · 545 F. Supp. 329
Rutherford v. Sherburne Corp. · 616 F. Supp. 1456
Bolton v. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. · 549 F. Supp. 1312
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