Legal Opinion
Herzog Contracting Corporation v. McGowen Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 1992No. 91-2896PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district judge granted summary judgment in favor of Herzog Contracting Corporation in its diversity suit to enforce two promissory notes, aggregating $400,-000, against the issuer, McGowen Corporation. The appeal raises a tangle of jurisdictional and substantive questions, the latter governed, the parties agree, by Indiana law.
The district court’s original judgment order (see Fed.R.Civ.P. 58), entered on June 28 of last year, merely stated that the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was granted. It did not mention a sum of money. The plaintiff filed a motion…
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