Legal Opinion
Tippecanoe Beverages, Inc. v. S.A. El Aguila Brewing Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1987No. 87-1542PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a diversity suit requires us to consider issues of Indiana tort, contract, and agency law. The essential facts, construed as favorably to the plaintiff (since it won a jury verdict) as the record permits, are as follows. Early in 1984, Fred Zahrt, the president of Tippecanoe Beverages, Inc., an Indiana wholesaler of beer, read an advertisement in Beer Wholesaler magazine that had been placed by a Spanish brewer, El Aguila, which was seeking U.S. distributors for its Aguila [Eagle] Imperial beer. The advertisement indicated…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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