FIRST COMICS, INC. v. WORLD COLOR PRESS, INC.

Nos. 88-2731, 88-2745.

884 F.2d 1033 (1989)

FIRST COMICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. WORLD COLOR PRESS, INC., Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron M. Cherry, Cherry & Flynn and Kenneth F. Levin, Chicago, Ill., for First Comics, Inc., plaintiff-appellant.

Edwin D. Akers, Jr., Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, St. Louis, Mo., Michael D. Freeborn, Freeborn & Peters, William C. Holmes, Chicago, Ill., for World Color Press, Inc., defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff First Comics, Inc. is a small Chicago-based enterprise that began seriously exploring entrance into comic-book publishing in February 1982. By June, First Comics had decided to proceed with plans to publish comic books and began negotiations with defendant World Color Press, Inc., a comic book printer. At this time, World Color Press was allegedly the only printer to use the letterpress method,1 a less...

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