Legal Opinion
Taita Chemical Co. v. Westlake Styrene Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2001No. 00-30020PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL B. KENT, District Judge:
Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee, Taita Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Taita”), appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Westlake Styrene Corporation (‘Westlake”). Westlake cross-appeals, protesting the District Court’s grant of a partial summary judgment in favor of Taita and the dismissal of its counterclaim. For the following reasons we affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1990, four companies, including Taita, entered into a joint…
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