REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC.

v.

AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC.

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 168 (U.S. 1986)
  …petition and the history of this case, I conclude that no issues are presented that merit plenary review by this Court. Because we abuse our discretion when we accept meritless petitions presenting claims that we rejected only hours ago, I dissent.” 473 U. S. 929 (1985). As my dissent makes clear, I voted to deny the petition in this extraordinary case because the meritless claims raised did not require plenary review. Full briefing and oral argument have not changed my views. The dissent’s suggestion that…
• Nat'l Basketball Ass'n v. SDC Basketball Club, Inc., 815 F.2d 562 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …hhold Chems., Inc., 755 F. 2d 1559, 1563 (Fed.Cir.) (existence of a state law defense, even if pleaded in the complaint for declaratory judgment, does not defeat subject-matter jurisdiction), petition for cert, dismissed by agreement of the parties, 473 U.S. 929, 106 S.Ct. 22, 87 L.Ed.2d 700 (1985). Any other rule would allow declaratory judgment defendants to avoid federal jurisdiction by interposing frivolous state law claims that potentially defeat federal liability. IV. A. This court will uphold a gr…
• Christianson v. Colt Indus. Operating Corp., 822 F.2d 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1987)
  …hemicals, Inc. v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., 755 F. 2d 1559, 225 USPQ 121 (Fed.Cir.) (court must review plaintiff’s pleadings, with special attention to relief requested; complaint averred infringement and sought injunctive relief), cert. dismissed, 473 U.S. 929, 106 S.Ct. 22, 87 L.Ed.2d 700 (1985). In Pratt v. Paris Gas Light & Coke Co., 168 U.S. 255, 18 S.Ct. 62, 42 L.Ed. 458 (1897), and in Excelsior Wood Pipe Co. v. Pacific Bridge Co., 185 U.S. 282, 22 S.Ct. 681, 46 L.Ed. 910 (1902), the Supreme Court l…