SKAGGS DRUGS CENTERS, INC., ET AL.

v.

BASELINE LIQUORS

Citator

Cited By

• Gavalik v. Cont'l CAN Co., 812 F.2d 834 (3d Cir. 1987)
  …ld that the Bur-dine allocation of proof by which the ultimate burden of persuasion remains at all times with the plaintiff is inapplicable in a class action context. See Taylor v. Teletype Corp., 648 F. 2d 1129, 1137 n. 18 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 969, 102 S.Ct. 515, 70 L.Ed.2d 386 (1981) (Burdine does not affect a case of classwide discrimination where the evidence exposes the employer as “a proven wrongdoer” and creates a presumption — “unless the employer proves otherwise — that any class memb…
• Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044 (Fed. Cir. 1988)
  …whether to avoid invalidity or to escape infringement.” D.M.I., Inc. v. Deere & Co., 755 F. 2d 1570, 1574, 225 U.S.P.Q. 236, 239 (1985) (quoting Deere & Co. v. Int’l Harvester Co., 658 F. 2d 1137, 1141, 211 U.S.P.Q. 11, 16 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 969, 102 S.Ct. 514, 7 L.Ed.2d 386 (1981)). The district court erred as a matter of law in not following this well recognized principle when it interpreted claim 2. In determining the absence of literal infringement, the court construed claims 1 and 2 t…
• Bruno v. W. Elec. Co., 829 F.2d 957 (10th Cir. 1987)
  …other hand, if the defendant can show that the policy was discontinued before the limitations period, then, as a matter of law, plaintiffs claim must be dismissed. Jewett v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp., 653 F. 2d 89, 93 (3d Cir.), cert, denied, 454 U.S. 969, 102 S.Ct. 515, 70 L.Ed.2d 386 (1981). Defendant argues that plaintiff cannot show a continuing violation because he has not alleged a company-wide policy and practice of discrimination. Defendant’s interpretation of continuing violation is too nar…