Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Monarch Leasing Co.

BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The defendants appeal from the district court’s award of summary judgment to the plaintiff in an action brought to renew a monetary judgment which was originally entered for the plaintiff in a 1984 diversity breach of contract case. The defendants contend that the plaintiff’s complaint in the instant case was not timely brought under the applicable Michigan statute of limitations. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts are undisputed. In 1982, Atlantic Richfield Company (“ARCO”) sued the defendants in…