Legal Opinion
New England Leather Company v. Feuer Leather Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. 90-2694PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a choice of law issue: which state’s law governs a deceptive trade practice claim arising from a multi-state sale of goods. Appellant, a seller of leather hides, alleges that appellee supplier deceived it by charging for top quality hides while providing appellant’s customers with low grade hides. The seller contends that North Carolina law controls its claim, while the supplier points to the law of New York as controlling. The district court ruled that New York law governed and that under that state’s law appellant was not entitled to…
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