BASF CORP. v. OLD WORLD TRADING CO.

Nos. 92-3471, 92-3486 and 92-3645.

979 F.2d 615 (1992)

BASF CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. The OLD WORLD TRADING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Morrissey, William Lynch Schaller, Michael A. Pollard, Michael Murtaugh, Thomas R. Nelson, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant BASF Corp.

Alan S. Ganz, Marc A. Primack, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Kenneth A. Peterson, David V. Goodsir, David H. Kistenbroker, Thomas Kottler, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, Ill., Daniel M. Leep, John F. Maloney, McNally, Maloney & Peterson, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee Old World Trading Co., Inc.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Rivals in the anti-freeze business sued each other for deceit. BASF won a judgment of about $2.5 million plus $275,000 in costs under the Lanham Act and state law; Old World Trading received $1 on its counterclaim. Both sides have appealed: BASF contends that it is entitled to more, and Old World that BASF should get nothing while the $1 should be increased.

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