United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a contractual suit by a tractor manufacturer over the supply of tractor parts is reversed where the court abused its discretion by invoking a local court rule to treat a delay in plaintiff's response to the summary judgment motion as an admission.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2005
• Decided 08/29/2006
• Published 08/29/2006

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry Sullivan (argued), Kevin B. Duckworth, Jacob I. Corre, Martez M. Clark, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin G. Owens (argued), David M. Macksey, Garrett L. Boehm, Jr., Johnson & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.