Legal Opinion
Heidtman Steel Products v. Compuware Corp.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided August 13, 2001No. 3:97CV7389PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARR, District Judge.
This is a recission case, which is currently being tried under Michigan law before the undersigned without a jury. The parties disagree on the burden of proof as to certain issues, and this opinion sets forth my allocation of the burden of proof as to those issues.
The parties entered into a contract relating to a computer system. After several years and the expenditure of about $12 million by the plaintiff, the contract was terminated. Plaintiff claims to have rescinded the contract, and seeks to recover the $12 million. Defendant claims that plaintiff breached the…
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