ZAPATA HERMANOS SUCESORES v. HEARTHSIDE BAKING CO.

Nos. 01-3402, 02-1867 and 02-1915.

313 F.3d 385 (2002)

ZAPATA HERMANOS SUCESORES, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HEARTHSIDE BAKING COMPANY, INC., d/b/a Maurice Lenell Cooky Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 19, 2002.

As Amended December 17, 2002.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Javier H. Rubinstein (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey N. Cole (argued), Cole & Staes, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 9, 2003.*

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Zapata, a Mexican corporation that supplied Lenell, a U.S. wholesale baker of cookies, with cookie tins, sued Lenell for breach of contract and won. The district judge ordered Lenell to pay Zapata $550,000 in attorneys' fees. From that order, which the judge based both on a provision of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods...

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