TIGG CORP. v. DOW CORNING CORP.

No. 86-3480.

822 F.2d 358 (1987)

TIGG CORPORATION v. DOW CORNING CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin N. Griswold (argued), Michael A. Nims, Charles M. Trippe, Jr., Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, Edward G. O'Connor, Mark A. Willard, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

R. Dell Ziegler (argued), Buchanan Ingersoll, Professional Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SLOVITER and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges, and SCIRICA, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action for contract damages under Michigan law, we consider the certified question whether the district court was correct in applying the parol evidence rule of the Michigan Uniform Commercial Code to exclude from the court's consideration extrinsic evidence offered to support an alternative interpretation of a contract which, from the linguistic perspective of the court, appears to be facially...

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