Harold Wright Company, Incorporated v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Incorporated

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This is a baffling little contract case. The Harold Wright Company had since 1984 been an independent manufacturer’s representative for Du Pont in several midwestern states. Its responsibility was to promote the purchase of Du Pont’s fishing products at both the wholesale and retail levels, as by representing Du Pont at trade shows and making calls on retail sellers of fishing equipment. Wright was not in the chain of distribution; it neither bought fishing products from Du Pont nor resold them. But in consideration for its services in the promotion of those products,…