Legal Opinion
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University v. Research Corp.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 10, 1995No. 5:95-cv-00051PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.
This is a contract action by Michigan State University (MSU) against Research Corporation (RC) and Research Corporation Technologies (RCT). MSU alleges breach of contract, injunction, reformation, accounting, unjust enrichment, and interference with contractual relations. Before the Court is defendants’ motion to stay the action and compel arbitration in accordance with the contract’s arbitration clause.
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MSU contracted with RC in 1950 to patent and otherwise commercially exploit inventions of the MSU faculty. The 1950 contract (the Contract) recited…
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