Legal Opinion
Dowty Communications Inc. v. Novatel Computer Systems Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 9, 1992No. Civ. HAR 91-3734PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HARGROVE, District Judge.
This is a dispute between two sophisticated corporations involved in the business of selling high-tech communications equipment. Behind the attempt to characterize it as a business tort, the case fundamentally sounds in contract. Pursuant to a Master Distributorship Agreement (“MDA”) dated July 1, 1991, the Plaintiff, Dowty Communications Incorporated (“Dowty”), a designer, manufacturer and seller of telecommunication equipment, agreed to supply “Series DPC9506 T-l network access multiplexers” to the Defendant, Novatel Computer Systems Corporation…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- N. Brown FELTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRAVES-HUMPHREYS COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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- Cray Communications, Inc., Formerly Known as Dowty Communications, Incorporated v. Novatel Computer Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Myrtle Beach Pipeline Corp. v. Emerson Electric Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1993
- Potomac Plaza Terraces, Inc. v. QSC Products, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1994
- Caussade v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1996
- Primo v. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2013
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