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AGFA-GEVAERT, A.G. v. A.B. DICK CO.

No. 88-2729.

879 F.2d 1518 (1989)

AGFA-GEVAERT, A.G., and Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A.B. DICK COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. O'Rourke, Mark E. Weber, Alan Salpeter, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., David J. Branson, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Donald R. Harris, Barry Levenstam, Michael T. Brody, Andrea B. Friedlander, Jenner & Block, Steven P. Handler, Janet Koran, Mark E. Shure, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Two affiliated European firms (collectively Agfa) brought this breach of contract suit against A.B. Dick Company under the alienage component of the diversity jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2)). The district judge directed a verdict for Agfa on the liability issues, and the jury then awarded Agfa $10.1 million — after conversion from Deutsche marks — in damages.

Agfa had...

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