Legal Opinion
G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1988No. 86-3118PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
The district court sanctioned Joseph Oat Corporation (Oat) for failing to send a representative, besides its attorney, to a court-ordered settlement conference. Oat appeals, and we reverse.1
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In early 1980, Oat supplied a waste water pretreatment system for a waste water treatment plant that RME Associates (RME) built for G. Heileman Brewing Co.’s (Heileman) brewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin. N.Y. Céntrale Suicker Maatschappij (Céntrale), a Dutch corporation, had developed the pretreatment system, and had made Oat its exclusive licensee in the United States.
The waste water…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lawrence B. Ordower v. Leonard Feldman, and Sinclair Global Brokerage CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- In the Matter of Charles LamarreCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Alvin DILLINGER, Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Wheeler MacHinery Company, Inc., a Utah CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Patrick v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
- Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1993
- Thakore v. Universal MacHine Co. of Pottstown, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
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