Legal Opinion
Hydrite Chemical Co. v. Calumet Lubricants Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1995No. Nos. 94-2058, 94-2224PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Before us are cross-appeals in a diversity breach of warranty suit arising out of the sale by Calumet Lubricants Company, the principal defendant, of a white mineral oil to Hydrite Chemical Company, the principal plaintiff. Hydrite resold the oil to George A. Hormel Company, the manufacturer of Spam, the well-known luncheon meat. (So the chain of distribution was Calumet — Hy-drite — Hormel.) Hormel used the oil as a lubricant and anti-rust agent in the machinery with which it makes Spam. According to Hormel, the oil made the Spam stink. Hormel withdrew millions of pounds…
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