Port Distributing Corp. v. William Pflaumer

Plaintiff Port Distributing Corp. (“Port”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Loretta A. Preska, Judge, dismissing its complaint against defendant William Pflaumer seeking to recover on Pflaumer’s guarantee of promissory notes given by G. Heileman Brewing Co. (“Heile-man”) in connection with Heileman’s purchase of a beer distributorship theretofore owned by Port. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Pflaumer on the ground that there was no genuine dispute as to the facts that, contemporaneously with…