Legal Opinion

Kenneth Sandstrom v. Cultor Food Science, Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 25, 2000No. 99-2331PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

American Xyrofin, a manufacturer of food additives, was sold, merged, and reorganized early in 1996, with predictable consequences for some of its executives. Cultor U.S. Inc. acquired Xyrofin in January 1996 and renamed the new subsidiary Cultor Food Science (cfs). Soon Cultor Limited (the parent of Cultor U.S.) bought another food additives group from Pfizer, Inc., and merged this business into cfs. As part of the acquisition, Cultor promised Pfizer that it would give Pfizer employees who joined cfs but later lost their jobs benefits tracking those of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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