General Southern Industries v. Stanley Shub

In this diversity jurisdiction case arising out of a dispute over a commission for a commercial lease transaction the defendants, General Southern Industries, Inc., Warrior River Steel, LLC, and Daniel Gist, appeal from the district court’s judgment awarding $530,000.00 to the plaintiffs, Stanley Shub and Shub Machinery.

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Stanley Shub is the president of Shub Machinery, an equipment broker that deals in heavy machinery. Through his work, Shub has developed a network of customers and has become familiar with machine shops and plants worldwide. In October 2003 William Greger, the real estate…