VDF FUTURECEUTICALS, INC. v. STIEFEL LABORATORIES

No. 14-3232.

792 F.3d 842 (2015)

VDF FUTURECEUTICALS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STIEFEL LABORATORIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Colin Wexler , Stephanie J. Harris , W. Kyle Walther , Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Anne Grignon , Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jennifer L. Ilkka , Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, Raymond A. Cardozo , Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


In this needlessly complex case (the plaintiff's complaint is 33 pages long and consists of 184 paragraphs), with federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship and the governing substantive law that of Illinois, the parties are wrangling over a license agreement. The agreement — 40 pages of fine print, including...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases