LIQUID AIR CORP. v. ROGERS

Nos. 86-3001, 86-3046.

834 F.2d 1297 (1987)

LIQUID AIR CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack R. ROGERS, George Michlik and D & R Welding Supply Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Raymond E. Bridges and Bridges Welding Supply & Therapy, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1987.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Byers, II, Byers, Byers & Greenleaf, Ltd., William A. McNutt, Lowe, Moore, Susler, McNutt & Wrigley, Decatur, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

William G. Schopf, Jr., Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc December 10, 1987.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

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