Legal Opinion
Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. v. Limagrain Genetics Corporation, Formerly Known as Callahan Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 24, 2004No. 03-2089PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
The parties to this diversity action together pioneered the marketing of soybean seeds in the 1970s, jointly ventured into the seed-breeding business in the 1980s, and wound up in federal court when their industry entered the biotechnology age. The main issue on appeal is whether restrictions in the parties’ 1986 joint-venture agreement (the Agreement) applied to the inheritable genetic makeup, or germplasm, of the seed at issue or applied only to the seed itself.
The district court 1 . determined the Agreement protected the germplasm and granted summary judgment for…
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