Legal Opinion
Sam's Style Shop, D/B/A Sam's Women's Apparel v. Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1982No. 81-3296PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation appeals from a jury verdict casting it in damages for breach of a contract to televise commercials comparing the price of apparel sold by Sam’s Style Shops with the price charged by other New Orleans retail stores. In this diversity case, governed by Louisiana law, Cosmos asserts that decisions of Louisiana intermediate appellate courts on the controlling legal issues are erroneous. We decline the invitation to appraise the Louisiana courts’ knowledge of the Louisiana Civil Code and, on that basis, to reverse the district court’s…
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