Opinion
No. 1869.
February 11, 1930.
William G. McKnight, of New York City, and Henry F. Parmelee, of New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.
Clifford E. Dunn, of New York City, for defendants.
In Equity. Suit by the Power Specialty Company against the Connecticut Light Power Company and another. On plaintiff's motion to vacate order to show cause pursuant to petition for leave to file a bill of review because of newly discovered evidence.
Motion to discharge order to show cause and dismiss petition for leave to file bill of review, granted.
The defendant in a patent infringement suit after entry of interlocutory decree holding a certain claim valid and infringed, and an affirmance of such decree by the Circuit Court of Appeals, thereafter petitioned for leave to file a bill of review because of newly discovered evidence, whereupon an order to show cause issued.
See, also, 27 F.2d 928.
The question presented upon the motion papers, supporting affidavits, arguments, and briefs is one of procedure involving the jurisdiction of this court.
After a careful examination of the papers on file, as well as a consideration of the authoritative decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States governing the question, I conclude that this court is without jurisdiction and that the defendants' application for leave to file a bill of review, or a petition to reopen on the ground of newly discovered evidence, should be made to the Circuit Court of Appeals. National Brake Electric Co. v. Christensen, 254 U.S. 425, 41 S. Ct. 154, 65 L. Ed. 341; John Simmons Co. v. Grier Brothers Co., 258 U.S. 82, 42 S. Ct. 196, 66 L. Ed. 475.
The plaintiff's motion to discharge the order to show cause and dismiss the petition for leave to file a bill of review is granted.