WARDS CO., INC. v. STAMFORD RIDGEWAY ASSOCIATES

No. 896, Docket 84-9004.

761 F.2d 117 (1985)

WARDS COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STAMFORD RIDGEWAY ASSOCIATES and Trim Fashions, Inc., Defendants, Stamford Ridgeway Associates, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cohen, Stamford, Conn. (Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky, Stamford, Conn., Stephen A. Finn, Stamford, Conn., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Gregory W. Nye, Hartford, Conn. (Hebb & Gitlin, Hartford, Conn., Alan Robert Baker, Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and TENNEY, District Judge.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

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