Legal Opinion
Union Carbide Corporation v. Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1991No. 90-3470PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit for breach of contract, brought by Union Carbide against Oscar Mayer and resolved in the defendant’s favor on summary judgment. Union Carbide sold Oscar Mayer plastic casings that Oscar Mayer uses in manufacturing sausages. The prices in Union Carbide’s invoices to Oscar Mayer included two 1 percent sales taxes that are applicable to sales which originate in Chicago. Another supplier of plastic sausage casings to Oscar Mayer began charging a price that was 1 percent lower than Union Carbide’s. This supplier had begun accepting orders at an office…
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