ABBOTT LABORATORIES v. UNILEVER U.S., INC.

No. 94-3909.

45 F.3d 187 (1995)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Daly (submitted), Robert C. Micheletto, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

David L. Schiavone, Diane M. Mellett, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Kathy H. Chin, Terence F. Gilheany, Kathy H. McGuirk, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Sequoia Turner Corporation is engaged in medical research and the manufacture and sale of medical equipment. Unilever United States, Inc., owned all of Sequoia's stock until November 1991, when Unilever sold the stock to Abbott Laboratories. Abbott is a large manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies. One impetus behind the acquisition was that Abbott could achieve economies by using its established distribution channels to handle...

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