Legal Opinion
Creative Demos, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 1998No. 97-1356, 97-1556PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Wal-Mart acquired 28 food stores owned by Wholesale Club, Inc., and afterward operated them under the Sam’s Club trade name. Creative Demos had been engaged by Wholesale Club to perform food demonstrations in the stores, but it does not argue that any obligations were transferred from Wholesale Club to Wal-Mart. During January 1991, the month before Wal-Mart took over, Denise Baustert (Wal-Mart’s “sales enhancement manager”) told Creative Demos that Wal-Mart would use its services through September 1991, after which Wal-Mart would conduct demonstrations in-house. In…
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