294 U.S. 240 (1935) Cited 287 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that federal legislation which rendered unenforceable provisions in contracts requiring payment in gold coin was a constitutional exercise of Congress' power to create a money system, despite its effect of invalidating certain provisions of otherwise enforceable contracts
144 U.S. 224 (1892) Cited 97 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding unenforceable a licensee's promise not to challenge the validity of a patent and noting that "[i]t is as important to the public that competition should not be repressed by worthless patents, as that the patentee of a really valuable invention should be protected in his monopoly. . . ."
In Miller v. Ammon, 145 U.S. 421, 12 S.Ct. 884, 36 L.Ed. 759, and Waldo v. Gould, 165 Minn. 128, 206 N.W. 46, and like cases cited by Turnbow Corporation, the party seeking to recover was himself an offender.
In County of Cass v. Johnston, 95 U.S. 360, 24 L. Ed. 416, suit was brought on a similar bond issued by the same county "for and on account of a township."
In System Federation v. Virginian Ry. Co., D.C., 11 F. Supp. 621, affirmed, 4 Cir., 84 F.2d 641, affirmed, 300 U.S. 515, 57 S.Ct. 592, 81 L.Ed. 789, it appeared that the observer for one contending association also belonged to and was active in the rival association.