Ogden Martin Systems of Indianapolis, Inc. v. Whiting Corp.

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• concluding that federal, not state, law gov- erns the doctrine even in diversity cases
• stating that the written instru- ment annexed to a pleading controls when a plaintiff pre- sents an inconsistent allegation
• holding judicial estoppel not applicable because party was advancing a position not clearly inconsistent with its prior position
• “Judicial estoppel serves “ ‘to protect the courts from being manipulated by chameleonic litigants who seek to prevail, twice, on opposite theories.’ ”
• predominant thrust of coating of screws was the service

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