Legal Opinion
Pyramid Controls Inc. v. Siemens Industrial Automation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 5, 1999No. 98-3310PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
This case turns on when the one-year statute of limitations clock starts running under the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act (IFDA). 815 ILCS 705/1 et seq. As in any statute of limitations case, the stakes are high. If the defendant is right, the plaintiff will be shown the door before anyone looks at the merits of his substantive claim.
The Pyramid Controls corporation sells and services industrial automation equipment. The Siemens Industrial Automation company manufactures industrial automation equipment. In 1991 the two companies entered into an agreement whereby…
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