· 12/22/1994
Penda Corporation (Now Trienda Corporation) v. The United States, and Cadillac Products, Inc., Third Party
Citations
- 44 F.3d 967
- 33 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1200
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 36078
- 1994 WL 709600
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that a contractor that had agreed to indemnify the government against liability for the claim in question, despite its potential liability as indemnitor, did not have standing to appeal money judgment against the government
- concluding that a contractor that had agreed to indemnify the government against liability for the claim in question, didn’t have standing to appeal the money judgment against the government— notwithstanding its potential liability as an indemnitor
- holding, in context of issue preclusion, that suit between plaintiff patent-holder, defendant United States government, and nominal defendant supplier for government’s alleged patent infringement would not have preclusive effect in future suit against supplier
- “Courts ... have not recognized standing to appeal where a party does not seek reversal of the judgment but asks only for review of unfavorable findings.”
- “It is axiomatic that a judgment is without preclusive effect against a party which lacks a right to appeal that judgment”
- \It is axiomatic that a judgment is without preclusive effect against a party which lacks a right to appeal that judgment.\
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Judges: Archer, Nies, Clevenger
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