Legal Opinion

Delhomme Industries, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Houston Beechcraft, Inc. And Beech Aircraft Corporation, Cross-Appellees

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 11, 1982No. 80-3335PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

After a corporation bought an airplane pursuant to two separate written agreements, it claimed that the airplane was defective. The buyer sold the airplane back to the seller for considerably less than its original price, then sued the seller and the manufacturer of the airplane for damages, invoking the diversity jurisdiction of a federal district court in Louisiana. The resolution of this litigation depends on whether we apply the law of Louisiana, where the two agreements were executed and where the buyer received and used the airplane and later filed suit, or…

2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Muschany v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Twin City Pipe Line Co. v. Harding Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Palmer v. ChamberlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by82 opinions

  1. Cates v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  2. John Stevenson v. Trw Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. Mazzoni Farms, Inc. v. EI DuPont De Nemours and Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. Cherokee Pump & Equipment Inc. v. Aurora PumpCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. Argabright v. Rheem Manufacturing Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2016

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