Legal Opinion
Chastain v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1984No. 83-7226PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
In 1965 plaintiff Homer L. Chastain, Jr., went to work for Duke Tire & Rubber Company as a commissioned salesman selling tires in the North Alabama region. In order to increase sales and distribution of its tires in this region, Star Rubber Company acquired the assets of Duke in 1966. After the acquisition, Duke became merged into Star. Star is a division of Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, which is in turn a subsidiary of Goodyear.
Charles Sides was an assistant to the executive vice-president for sales at Kelly-Springfield and negotiated directly with G.T. Duke, the…
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