Legal Opinion
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Lummus Company
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 31, 1969PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., from a final judgment in Chancery denying a final injunction, 252 A.2d 545, preventing The Lummus Company from instituting litigation in Puerto Rico, or any other forum, involving the same claims asserted in an action commenced by Air Products against Lummus in the Delaware Superior Court.
The dispute between these parties arises out of the construction of an oil refinery in Puerto Rico. Two contracts were entered into in 1954 and 1956 by Lummus and Houdry Process Corporation, now a division of Air Products, for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- General Foods Corporation v. Cryo-Maid, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- General Foods Corp. v. Cryo-Maid, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1964
- Kolber v. Holyoke Shares, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Lummus CompanyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1968
- Lummus Company v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1968
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