Legal Opinion
BlueTarp Financial, Inc. v. Eastern Materials Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 9, 2009No. 08-cv-324-P-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GEORGE Z. SINGAL, District Judge.
Eight days after Defendant Eastern Materials Corporation (“Eastern”) filed its answer in this breach-of-contract case, Plaintiff BlueTarp Financial, Inc. (“BlueTarp”) moved for summary judgment. Eastern invokes Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) in opposing pre-discovery summary judgment as premature. As explained herein, the Court DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket # 15).
I. SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD AND RULE 56(f)
Summary judgment is appropriate only if the record shows “that there is…
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