The Great Western Sugar Company, a Delaware Corporation v. White Stokes Co., an Illinois Corporation

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Great Western Sugar Company brought this diversity suit alleging that White Stokes Co. breached an oral contract to purchase sugar. The district court granted White Stokes’ motion for summary judgment and also awarded their attorneys’ fees in defending the suit pursuant to the Illinois fee-shifting statute, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 110, § 2-611. On appeal Great Western contends that the question whether a prior oral contract had been entered involved a disputed issue of material fact precluding summary judgment. Great Western also contends that the district court…