JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. v. EDMAN CONTROLS, INC.

Nos. 12-2308, 12-2623.

712 F.3d 1021 (2013)

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDMAN CONTROLS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa A. Andre , Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alexander Angueira , Attorney, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Although arbitration is supposed to be a procedure through which a dispute can be resolved privately, with the narrowest of exceptions for court intervention, losers sometimes cannot resist the urge to try for a second bite at the apple. That is what has happened here. Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson) and Edman Controls, Inc. (Edman) entered into an agreement giving Edman the exclusive rights to distribute Johnson's products in Panama. When it...

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