WISCONSIN KNIFE WORKS v. NATIONAL METAL CRAFTERS

No. 85-1801.

781 F.2d 1280 (1986)

WISCONSIN KNIFE WORKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL METAL CRAFTERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kay, Geisler & Kay, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barrett J. Corncille, Bell, Metzner & Gierhart, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 19, 1986.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity breach of contract case; and before getting to the merits we must decide, though neither party contests the point, whether the parties are indeed citizens of different states. The complaint alleges (and the answer admits) that the plaintiff, Wisconsin Knife Works, is a division of Black & Decker (U.S.), Inc.,...

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