United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 98-3501 ___________ Midwest Telecom Resellers, Ltd., * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellant. * ___________ Submitted: June 16, 1999 Filed: July 16, 1999 ___________ Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and LONGSTAFF,1 District Judge. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. appeals from the order of the District Court2 denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial, following a jury verdict for Midwest Telecom Resellers, Ltd. in this breach of contract action. Having considered the record and the parties' submissions, we conclude the District Court correctly denied

The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, sitting by designation.

The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Wal-Mart's motion. We also conclude that a comprehensive opinion in this diversity case would lack precedential value. We thus affirm the District Court's ruling without further discussion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

-2-