Navair, Inc. vs. IFR Americas, Inc., 10th Cir. Mar. 17, 2008
07-3008 Navair, Inc. vs. IFR Americas, Inc.
Before TACHA, HARTZ, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges. HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Navair, Inc. was the exclusive Canadian distributor for defendant IFR, ((For simplicity we refer to all three defendants as IFR. The defendants are
(1) Aeroflex, Inc., the parent company of (2) IFR Systems, Inc., which is the parent company of (3) IFR Americas, Inc., which had the contract with Navair.)) a manufacturer of military communications equipment and other products. When Navair successfully solicited a customer for an IFR product, IFR would sell the product to Navair for a discounted price and Navair would earn a profit upon resale to the customer. On October 8, 2002, IFR informed Navair that it was not going to renew their distributorship agreement and that the agreement would expire on October 31. The dispute before us concerns how long after October 31 IFR would still be bound to sell Navair certain products at a discounted price when Navair had begun negotiating a purchase by the customer before the agreement ended. In other words, how long would Navair be “protected”? … Navair, Inc. vs. IFR Americas, Inc.
