Legal Opinion
Publicis Communication v. True North Communications Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1997No. 97-4096PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Last February Publicis Communication and True North Communications (parent of the Foote, Cone & Belding agency) dissolved their joint venture in the advertising industry. One of eight agreements ancillary to this dissolution requires Publicis to participate in pooling of financial statements should True North acquire a third corporation and deem a pooled statement of accounts advantageous. Section 1.1 of this contract, applicable as long as Publicis owns at least 10% of True North’s stock, requires Publicis to(a) furnish True North ... with a “pooling letter” [in a…
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