Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 14, 1983, No. 82-1149 (Continental Conveyor & Equipment Co. v. Prather Sheet Metal Works, Inc.)

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Persons engaged in cotton agribusiness routinely face many difficulties and challenges, some natural, others man-made. Today we consider a patent dispute involving machines which decompact cotton modules and feed them into the cotton gin. The jury found that the feeder built and marketed by the defendants, Prather Sheet Metal Works, Inc., Readi-Co. Manufacturing, Inc.