Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook authored the Sept. 2 opinion in Bodum USA Inc. v. La Cafetière Inc. Two other prominent 7th Circuit judges, Richard Posner and Diane Wood, weighed in with concurring opinions on the issue of interpreting foreign contracts.
The panel affirmed a Northern District of Illinois interpretation of a 1991 French agreement between Bodum Holding, which makes well-known French press coffee makers, and a British entity that distributes a French press style of coffee maker in the United States through Illinois distributor La Cafetière.
