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· 7/7/1988

Harold S. Hemstreet v. Spiegel, Inc., Recognition Equipment Incorporated

Citations

  • 851 F.2d 348
  • 7 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1502
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 9184
  • 1988 WL 69046

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding “there is a compelling public interest and policy in upholding and enforcing settlement agreements voluntarily entered into.”
  • holding \there is a compelling public interest and policy in upholding and enforcing settlement agreements voluntarily entered into.\
  • finding that the law favors the settlement of litigation more strongly than the furtherance of federal patent policy
  • federal patent policy enunciated in Lear does not also override policy in favor of settlement of disputes
  • “The law strongly favors settlement of litigation, and there is a compelling public interest and policy in up- holding and enforcing settlement agreements voluntarily entered into.”
  • “The law strongly favors settlement of litigation, and there is a com- pelling public interest and policy in upholding and enforc- ing settlement agreements voluntarily entered into.”

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Judges: Friedman, Rich, Newman

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