ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. v. LIFECARE INTERN., INC.

No. 00-1744.

250 F.3d 587 (2001)

ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.; SJM Europe, Inc., formerly known as St. Jude Medical International, Inc.; St. Jude Medical Europe, Inc. Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. LIFECARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Tony Dow Defendants—Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Beukema, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Charles F. Webber, on the brief), for appellant.

Steven J. Wells, Minneapolis, MN (Katherine M. Nealon and Sarah M. Thier, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and LAUGHREY, District Judge.


LAUGHREY, District Judge.

St. Jude Medical, Inc., and its subsidiaries2 (St.Jude), manufacture and distribute heart valves and other medical devices. During 1987 and 1988, Lifecare International, Inc. (Lifecare), through its president, Tony Dow, approached St. Jude to become a distributor of St. Jude's products. After negotiations, St. Jude and Lifecare contracted to make Lifecare a distributor for St. Jude's products in certain Middle...

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