Legal Opinion
Autotrol Corporation v. Continental Water Systems Corporation and Olin Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 1990No. 90-1038PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit, primarily for breach of contract. The suit was tried to a jury, and the plaintiff, Autotrol Corporation, obtained a judgment of more than $1.5 million. The appeal raises a large number of issues, only a handful of which require discussion. So far as the remaining issues are concerned, it is enough to note that the district judge resolved most of them in a thoroughly satisfactory manner and that the others could not possibly have affected the outcome of the trial.
The contract provides that any dispute under it shall be resolved in accordance with…
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