Legal Opinion
Burten v. Milton Bradley Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 14, 1984No. Civ. A. 81-0331 SPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SELYA, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this case, Allen Coleman and Roger Burten, are independent game inventors. The defendant, Milton Bradley Company (MB), is a colossus which has stood astride the toy and game industry for many a moon. Jurisdiction is bottomed on diversity of citizenship and the existence of a controversy in the requisite amount. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The parties (who agree on little else) do not dispute that the substantive issues of this litigation are governed by Massachusetts law. Accordingly, that law controls. In re Pioneer Ford Sales, 729 F.2d 27, 31 (1st…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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