Legal Opinion

Waldrep Brothers Beauty Supply, Incorporated v. Wynn Beauty Supply Company, Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 29, 1993No. 92-1802PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Business competition produces success and failure; over time, only firms that satisfy their customers will survive. In this diversity case, plaintiff seeks to erect the tort law of South Carolina as a barrier to the forces of market competition. The customers in this case, Redken Laboratories, Inc. and Sebastian International, producers of beauty products, terminated their at-will contracts with plaintiff Waldrep Brothers Beauty Supply for the distribution of their beauty products in South Carolina. They replaced Waldrep shortly thereafter with defendant Wynn…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Duggin v. AdamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  2. Charles v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
  3. Crandall Corp. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
  4. LaMotte v. Punch Line of Columbia, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1988
  5. Lee v. Chesterfield General Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  2. DP-Tek, Inc. v. AT & T Global Information Solutions Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1995
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  4. United States Surgical Corp. v. Orris, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1998
  5. United States v. RosenDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2007

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