International Test & Balance, Inc. v. Associated Air & Balance Council

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Plaintiffs Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Doc. No. 5). For the following reasons, Plaintiffs Motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 27, 1998, International Test and Balance, Inc. (“International”), an Illinois corporation, filed a three-count complaint against its former trade association, Associated Air Balance Council (“AABC”), and certain unknown members of AABC, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Counts I and II allege conspiracy in restraint of trade and an unlawful monopoly, respectively, in violation of…