Legal Opinion

Knauf Insulation, Inc. v. Southern Brands, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 3, 2016No. 15-3157PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Knauf Insulation, Inc. (formerly named Knauf Insulation, GmbH), is the Delaware subsidiary of a German corporation. Its principal place of business is in Indiana, where it manufactures fiberglass insulation for sale to, among other types of customer, distributors of insulation, such as SBI, as the parties refer to defendant Southern Brands, Inc. (SBI is, or was, a broker as well as a distributor, because Knauf often delivered the insulation it sold SBI directly to the installers of the insulation, SBI’s customers. But the parties call SBI a distributor and we’ll stick…

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