Legal Opinion
Vidimos, Incorporated v. Wysong Laser Company, Inc., and Wysong and Miles Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1999No. 99-1159PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal is founded on a misunderstanding of the doctrine of law of the case. The plaintiff (Vidimus) sued the defendants (Wysong, two affiliated corporations that for the sake of simplicity we’ll treat as one) for breach of contract, basing federal jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship. The district court granted summary judgment for Wysong. We reversed and remanded, 99 F.3d 217 (7th Cir.1996), and the case was then tried and resulted in a judgment for Vidimos of $185,000 in dam ages plus prejudgment interest in excess of $200,000. Wysong has appealed, represented…
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