Sound of Music Co. v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NORDBERG, Senior District Judge.

This parties in this case worked together for over two decades until their relationship ended in November 1997 when Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (“3M”) announced that it was exiting the background music business because of a “change in strategic business direction” and was therefore terminating its 1995 contract with all of its dealers based on a clause that allowed for termination in such circumstances. Sound of Music Company (“Sound of Music”), which was 3M’s largest dealer of background music, was upset by this…