Legal Opinion
Lander Company, Inc. v. Mmp Investments, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 1997No. 96-2684PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit by the Lander Company against MMP Investments to enforce an arbitration award. The district court dismissed the suit for want of federal jurisdic tion, 927 F.Supp. 1078 (N.D.Ill.1996), and Lander appeals. The parties are American firms that made a contract (actually two contracts, but we can ignore that detail) for the distribution by MMP in Poland of shampoos and other products manufactured by Lander in the United States. The contract provides that disputes under it -shall be settled by binding arbitration in New York City pursuant to the arbitration rules…
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