WILLIAM McCRINDLE & SON, LTD. v. DURANT

No. 77-3030.

611 F.2d 89 (1980)

WILLIAM McCRINDLE & SON, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leslie B. DURANT and American Marine Towing Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal D. Hobson, John T. Nesser, III, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Bernard Berins, Martin L. C. Feldman, Robert A. Kutcher, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JONES, BROWN, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case each of the corporate parties, one American, the other Scottish, contends the other violated the agreements made by them in three related contracts. We conclude that the trial judge correctly placed fault on the American corporation, but that he should have reckoned the damages in dollars, not pounds sterling, because the contract under which damages were due was to be performed in the United States and its obligations...

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