 Sometimes it wasn't realized that the litigations were three independent cases with the same counsels of the defense using the same arguments.Due to this erroneous view the later decision of Judge Hallett was reported as a decision of a higher court in the same case.That are misstatements of Judge Hallett's decision, and the source of the legend that the priority of Henry Goebel for the invention of the practical incandescent light bulb was established at court.