Legal Opinion
Automotive Finance Corp. v. Ridge Chrysler Plymouth L.L.C.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 13, 2002No. 01 C 8146PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Automotive Finance Corporation (“Automotive”) has filed a two-count complaint against Ridge Chrysler Plymouth, L.L.C. (“Ridge”) and Gerald Gorman (“Gorman”), claiming that Ridge and Gorman have failed to comply with a contractually specified prepayment penalty 1 in violation of Illinois and Indiana law. Because both sides have viewed the issues posed by this case as purely legal rather than factual in nature, each has now filed a Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 56 summary judgment motion. 2 But for the reasons set forth in this opinion, each…
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