Legal Opinion
Solman Distributors, Inc. v. Brown-Forman Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 28, 1989No. 89-1444PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action defendant appellant, feeling no twinge from having lost below, has given us a brief containing such didactic assertions as, “The ... decision was fatally flawed;” plaintiff “is simply wrong;” “Both ... contentions are easily refuted;” and “Solman’s efforts are fruitless.” Its own contentions are correspondingly easily advanced. Defendant, however, has matters just backwards.
The facts are these. In 1984 plaintiff, Solman Distributors, Inc., entered into an agreement with defendant/appellant Brown-Forman Corporation’s predecessor in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Natasha, Inc. v. Evita Marine Charters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Penobscot Nation v. StilphenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Richard E. Moore v. Tandy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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- Banek Inc. v. Yogurt Ventures U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Robert M. Brown v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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