Original sentence: In preparing the case for trial, government counsel sought to determine what defenses the defendants would assert to justify their use of the restriction--presumably health and safety arguments, as had been advanced in other similar cases.The Glaxo case was brought, initially, as a test case on government standing to challenge patent validity--a vehicle for overturning or at least limiting the 1897 decision of the Supreme Court in United States v.The case then went to the Supreme Court on a record consisting of legal briefs and supporting affidavits, without live testimony: there had not been a single day of trial in the usual sense--nothing but legal argumentation.Therefore, solely to "smoke out" the defenses, government counsel filed a series of summary judgment motions--which normally force an opposing party to disclose whatever it has available to prevent entry of judgment against it
Edited sentence: In preparing the case for trial, government counsel sought to determine what defenses the defendants would assert to justify their use of the restriction—presumably health and safety arguments, as had been advanced in other similar cases.The Glaxo case was brought, initially, as a test case on government standing to challenge patent validity—a vehicle for overturning or at least limiting the 1897 decision of the Supreme Court in United States v.The case then went to the Supreme Court on a record consisting of legal briefs and supporting affidavits, without live testimony: there had not been a single day of trial in the usual sense—nothing but legal argumentation.Therefore, solely to "smoke out" the defenses, government counsel filed a series of summary judgment motions—which normally force an opposing party to disclose whatever it has available to prevent entry of judgment against it