Legal Opinion
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1983No. 82-1061PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
In a period of our industrial history when one sometimes finds consumer goods failing, to be of the quality expected, it is refreshing to find a manufacturer being insistent upon its products not going into the stream of commerce unless those products meet its own high quality standards. Such an insistence can, of course, be directly reflected in an increase of manufacturing costs. The present case demonstrates that a hidden cost may also occur as a result of taking steps to pull defective products from the flow of commerce even though the diminished quality has come about…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1092, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,203 Mary Vick, Cross-Appellee v. Texas Employment Commission, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Reider v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Locklin v. Day-Glo Color Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States Fo AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by69 opinions
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