AGRISTOR FINANCIAL CORP. v. VAN SICKLE

Nos. 90-2377, 90-2386.

967 F.2d 233 (1992)

AGRISTOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Merle E. VAN SICKLE, et al., Defendants, A.O. Smith Corporation; A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, West Marion Dairy Farm, Intervenor-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1992.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher G. Hastings, Drew, Cooper & Anding, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant.

Jack J. Mazzara, Bruce L. Sendek (argued and briefed), Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., Donald E. Egan (briefed), Lee Ann Watson (argued), Lynn Thorpe, Lynn Urkov Thorpe, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

John E. Anding, Drew, Cooper & Anding, Grand Rapids, Mich. (argued), for intervenor-appellant cross-appellee.

Before: KEITH and SILER, Circuit Judges; and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.


WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.

I. FACTS

The Van Sickle family, consisting of two generations of dairy farm owners and operators, appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of A.O. Smith Corporation ("Smith") and A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc. ("Harvestore") in this complex controversy. West Marion is the Van Sickle family partnership which owns the dairy farm in question. Smith and...

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