Legal Opinion
Vigortone Ag Products, Inc., Formerly Known as Provimi Acquisition Corporation v. Pm Ag Products, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 2, 2003No. 01-4029, 01-4073, 02-1071, 02-1171PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This diversity suit charges fraud and breach of contract in the sale of Vigortone, a manufacturer of “swine premix,” a vitamin- and mineral-enriched food supplement for pigs. The fraud claim is governed by Illinois law; the contract claim is governed by Delaware law by virtue of a choice of law provision in the contract.
Vigortone was a subsidiary of an animal-nutrition business called PM AG Products, which sold Vigortone to Provimi, a large manufacturer of agricultural products, including food products for animals, for $39.5 million. PM is the defendant. The plaintiff,…
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