U.S. District Court / D. South Carolina

Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.

Decided December 19, 1974. Robert Witherspoon Hemphill wrote the opinion for the court.

397 F. Supp. 1146 · Cited 231 times

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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.

United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683
United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation · 89 F. Supp. 357
Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar · 373 U.S. 379
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · 322 U.S. 238
Clark v. United States · 289 U.S. 1
Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co. · 290 U.S. 240
Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc. · 370 F. Supp. 761
In Re Associated Gas & Electric Co. · 59 F. Supp. 743
Burnet v. Houston · 283 U.S. 223
City of Philadelphia v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 210 F. Supp. 483
Underwater Storage, Inc. v. United States Rubber Co. · 314 F. Supp. 546
United States v. National Lead Co. · 63 F. Supp. 513
United States v. Timken Roller Bearing Co. · 83 F. Supp. 284
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp. · 207 F. Supp. 407
V. D. Anderson Co. v. Helena Cotton Oil Co. · 117 F. Supp. 932
Carrier Manufacturing Co. v. Rex Chainbelt, Inc. · 281 F. Supp. 717
JOH. A. BENCKISER G. Mb H., CHEM. F. v. Hygrade Food Prod. Corp. · 253 F. Supp. 999
General Telephone & Electronics Laboratories Inc. v. National Video Corp. · 297 F. Supp. 981
Britt Tech Corporation v. L & a PRODUCTS, INC. · 223 F. Supp. 126
In Re Natta · 264 F. Supp. 734
Bierman v. Marcus · 122 F. Supp. 250
Deering Milliken Research Corp. v. Tex-Elastic Corp. · 320 F. Supp. 806
Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc. · 353 F. Supp. 826

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