State Line Metals, Inc. v. Aluminum Co. of America

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

Jecon Metals Corporation (“Jecon”) contracted with the Aluminum Company of America (“Alcoa”) to sell certain scrap metal known in the trade as “pot pads,” which Jecon was to recycle into other usable metal units and return to Alcoa. Jecon contracted with State Line Metals, Inc. (“SLM”) to perform the actual processing of the scrap metal and arranged for Alcoa to ship the metal to SLM f.o.b. SLM contends that when the shipments arrived they were too contaminated with other materials to be processed in their normal manner. SLM did, however, accept the shipments and…