Legal Opinion

Choice Hotels International In v. Anuj Grover

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 7, 2015No. 14-3294PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Choice Hotels sued SBQI, Inc., plus several of its managers and investors, seeking damages for a breach of a franchise agreement. The defendants did not answer the complaint, and the clerk of court entered a default. One of the defendants, Tarran-paul Chawla, an attorney admitted to practice in Illinois, represented the others but did so poorly, which led to the default. Three of the defendants — Anuj Grover, Arjun Grover, and Dharam Punwani (collectively the Investors) — asked Chawla to find a new attorney. They assert that until this suit was filed they had been…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  4. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by43 opinions

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