R-T Leasing Corp. v. Ethyl Corp.

OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Ethyl Corporation (Ethyl) has moved for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss the complaint of R-T Leasing Corporation (R-T Leasing) on the ground that R-T Leasing has failed to establish the existence of genuine issues of material fact ripe for disposition at a plenary trial on the merits. This motion arises from an action lodged against Ethyl, the lessee of railroad tank and hopper cars, by R-T Leasing, the lessor, for two purported breaches of leases executed, respectively, in 1967 and 1968. More specifically, R-T…