Legal Opinion

Heights Driving School, Inc. v. Top Driver, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 28, 2002No. Nos. 01-3031, 01-3153PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Top Driver, Inc., is a New Jersey-based company that operates a national chain of driver training schools. In 1999 Top Driver agreed to buy a Cleveland-area driver training business, Heights Driving School, Inc., from John Cox, Heights’ sole owner. (The actual purchase was to be made through a wholly-owned Top Driver subsidiary, TD Heights Acquisition, Inc.) As part of the agreement, Top Driver promised to enter into an employment contract with Daniel Cox, John’s son.

A few days before the scheduled closing of the transaction, one of Heights’ instructors was…

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  3. Coletti v. Cudd Pressure ControlCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  4. Kerans v. Porter Paint Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1991
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