SCOTTS CO. v. CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO.

Nos. 03-4386, 03-4452.

403 F.3d 781 (2005)

SCOTTS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John P. Gilligan, Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. David S. Cupps, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John P. Gilligan, Daniel M. Anderson, Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, Columbus, Ohio, George A. Yuhas, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, California, for Appellant. David S. Cupps, William J. Pohlman, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.


OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This complex commercial case presents a Gordian knot of issues arising from multiple, interrelated contract disputes between the Scotts Company, a manufacturer of lawn and garden products, and Central Garden & Pet Company, a distributor of lawn and garden products. In June of 2000, Scotts brought suit against Central, alleging that Central owed Scotts $23.8 million on accounts arising from multiple transactions in which...

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