Legal Opinion
George Watts & Son, Inc. v. Tiffany and Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2001No. 00-3231PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
For many years George Watts & Son sold Tiffany’s products in Wisconsin. After receiving a notice ending that arrangement, Watts filed suit, asserting that Tiffany had violated both the contract between the parties and the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law, Wis. Stat. ch. 135. Before the case could be decided, Watts and Tiffany decided that they preferred arbitration to litigation. The parties received the principal benefit of that bargain: swift and inexpensive decision. But Watts decided in retrospect that its decision to arbitrate had been unwise, and it asked the…
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