WINCHESTER PACKAGING, INC. v. MOBIL CHEMICAL CO.

No. 91-3911.

14 F.3d 316 (1994)

WINCHESTER PACKAGING, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gomer W. Walters (argued), John W. Hofeldt, J. Ray Wood, Wood, Phillips, Mason, Recktenwald & Vansanten, Chicago, IL, Robert C. Walbaum, Springfield, IL, for Winchester Packaging, Inc.

Forrest G. Keaton, Rammelkamp, Bradney, Dahman, Kuster, Keaton & Fritsche, Jacksonville, IL (argued), for Mobil Chemical Co.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, KANNE, Circuit Judge, and REINHARD, District Judge.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Mobil Chemical Company, the defendant in a diversity breach of contract suit brought by Winchester Packaging, Inc., appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff of more than half a million dollars, arguing that it was entitled to judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or alternatively to a new trial.

Mobil owned a business that manufactured a plastic wrapping "paper" for gifts. The last stage in producing "gift wrap" is called "rewinding,...

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