Legal Opinion
Casio, Inc. v. S.M. & R. Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 1985No. 83-3300PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Casio, the U.S. distributor of watches manufactured by its Japanese parent, sued SM & R, which sells watches at retail. The suit was for $38,235, representing the unpaid balance of watches that Casio had sold and delivered to SM & R. Casio obtained judgment for that amount after a bench trial and SM & R has appealed, claiming that the watches it has not paid for are watches it was contractually entitled to return to Casio for a credit, because its customers had returned them to it. The only basis for federal jurisdiction is diversity of citizenship, and the first…
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