Legal Opinion
Overseas Development Disc Corp. v. Sangamo Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1982No. Nos. 81-1222, 81-1273 and 81-1327PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This lawsuit began in deceptively simple fashion in October of 1977. Overseas Development Disc Corporation (“Overseas”) sued to collect a brokerage fee from Sangamo Construction Company (“Sangamo”). Overseas asserted either a contractual or a restitutionary right to be paid for helping Sangamo secure a contract with the government of Kuwait to build a motorway in that country. Federal jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship: Overseas is a New York corporation with its principal place of business in New York City; Sangamo is a Delaware corporation headquartered…
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- Overseas Development Disc Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervening Cross-Defendant- and Universal Development Corporation, Intervening and Intervening Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sangamo Construction Company, Inc., Overseas Development Disc Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervening Cross- and Universal Development Corporation, Intervening and Intervening Cross-Plaintiff-Appellant v. Sangamo Construction Company, Inc., Overseas Development Disc Corporation, Plaintiff-Intervening Cross- and Universal Development Corporation, Intervening and Intervening Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sangamo Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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