GILLONS ET AL.

v.

SHELL COMPANY

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Int'l Tel. & Tel. Corp. v. Gen. Tel. & Elecs. Corp. & Hawaiian Tel. Co., 518 F.2d 913 (9th Cir. 1975)
  …versary. See, e. g. Russell v. Todd, 309 U.S. 280, 287, 60 S.Ct. 527, 84 L.Ed. 754 (1940). The bare fact of delay creates a rebut-table presumption of prejudice. See, e. g., Gillons v. Shell Co. of Calif., 86 F. 2d 600 (9th Cir. 1936), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 689, 58 S.Ct. 9, 82 L.Ed. 532 (1937). Although analogous statutes of limitations do not necessarily control, Holmberg v. Armbrecht, 327 U.S. 392, 66 S.Ct. 582, 90 L.Ed. 743 (1946), equity will look to the statute of limitations relating to actions at l…
• Powell v. Zuckert, 366 F.2d 634 (D.C. Cir. 1966)
  …ggett v. Standard Oil Co., 149 U.S. 287, 294, 13 S.Ct. 902, 37 L.Ed. 737 (1893) (14-15 years); Washington v. Opie, 145 U.S. 214, 12 S.Ct. 822, 36 L.Ed. 680 (1892) (15 years); Gillons v. Shell Co. of Calif., 9 Cir., 86 F. 2d 600 (1936), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 689, 58 S.Ct. 9, 82 L.Ed. 532 (1937) (9 years); Levis v. Kengla, 8 App.D.C. 230 (1896) (15 years); Naddo v. Bardon, 8 Cir., 51 F. 493 (1892) (17 years); De Estrada v. San Felipe Land & Water Co., C.C.S.D. Cal., 46 F. 280 (1891) (14 years); Landell v. No…
• Baker Mfg. Co. v. Whitewater Mfg. Co., 430 F.2d 1008 (7th Cir. 1970)
  …ble delay. We also think, even though the authority is less compelling, that under such circumstances there is a presumption that an alleged infringer has been damaged. Gillons et al. v. Shell Co. of California, 86 F. 2d 600, 601 (CA-9), cert. den. 302 U.S. 689, 58 S.Ct. 9, 82 L.Ed. 532, appears to be the leading case on these issues, widely cited with approval in that and other Circuits. See Kimberly Corporation v. Hartley Pen Company, 237 F. 2d 294 (CA-9), and Whitman v. Walt Disney Productions, Inc., 14…