BUTLER PRODUCTS COMPANY v. UNISTRUT CORPORATION

No. 15641.

367 F.2d 733 (1966)

BUTLER PRODUCTS COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, George W. Butler and Gladys A. Butler, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNISTRUT CORPORATION, a Michigan Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Fullagar, Harlan L. Hackbert, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant. Hackbert, Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Charles J. O'Laughlin, Holland C. Capper, Chicago, Ill., for Butler Products Co., an Illinois corporation, George W. Butler and Gladys A. Butler, plaintiffs-appellees. Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Butler Products Company, an Illinois corporation, was the exclusive distributor of defendant Unistrut Company, a Michigan corporation engaged in manufacturing metal framing products. The individual plaintiffs own Butler Products Company.

In February 1963, the parties entered into a written agreement under which plaintiffs sold substantially all of the assets of their company to defendant. This purchase agreement was supplemented...

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