EI DuPont De Nemours and Co. v. Monsanto Co.
| Decision Date | 18 August 1995 |
| Docket Number | 93-263(LON).,Civ. A. No. 92-625(LON) |
| Citation | 903 F. Supp. 680 |
| Parties | E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant. BASF CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Defendant. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — District of Delaware |
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Jack B. Blumenfeld, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware.
Richard Allen Paul, James A. Forstner, and Erin Kelly, of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company Incorporated, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Stephen R. Smith, Christopher K. Hu, Michael P. Dougherty, Arnold I. Rady, John W. Osborne, Barry Schindler, John T. Gallagher, and Jean E. Shimotake, of Morgan & Finnegan, New York City; for E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company Incorporated.
Josy W. Ingersoll, and Martin S. Lessner, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Richard L. Mayer, Robert T. Tobin, Richard L. DeLucia, Richard S. Gresalfi, Michael D. Loughnane, Paul Richter, Donna Praiss, Lynne Darcy, of Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City; for BASF Corporation.
William J. Marsden, Jr., Joanne Ceballos, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Delaware.
Steven J. Balick, of Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: John F. Lynch, Susan K. Knoll, John C. Cain, and Michael E. Lee, of Arnold White & Durkee; Mark F. Wachter, John P. Foryt, of Monsanto Company; for Monsanto Company.
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