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· 6/5/1912

Strause Gas Iron Co. v. Weil

Citations

  • 197 F. 948
  • 1912 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1511

Syllabus

<p>Patents (§ 328*) — Validity and Infringement — Gas Ikon.</p> <p>The Spahr & Stichler patent, No. 948,773, for a gas iron, claims 2 and 7, held not anticipated, valid, and infringed.</p>

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  • Where unique defenses “will consume the merits of the case ... a court should refuse to certify a class due to atypicality.”
  • “Where the class is large, the numbers alone are dispositive of the impracticability of joinder.”
  • “The real concern with a reluctant [defendant class] representative should be for his ability to carry the expense and other practical burdens' of a class defense.”

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Judges: Mayer

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