Legal Opinion
Ralph C. Richter v. Westab, Inc., and the Mead Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1976No. 75--1348PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellants sued the defendants in the District Court to recover damages in the amount of $2,500,000, for breach of contract to develop a fashion design for loose leaf notebook covers and binders manufactured and sold by Wes-tab, Inc., a subsidiary of Mead Corporation. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship, and the case is admittedly governed by Ohio law.
The case was tried before the District Court without a jury. The facts are set forth at length in the Memorandum De- cisión of the District Judge, and will be referred to only briefly here in…
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- Thomas v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- B. F. Goodrich Co. v. WohlgemuthOhio Court of Appeals · 1963
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