Legal Opinion
Architectural Metal Systems, Incorporated v. Consolidated Systems, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 1995No. 94-3898PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendant in a suit for breach of contract, and we must decide whether he did so prematurely. It is a diversity suit governed by Illinois law. The facts, construed, in light of the procedural setting, as favorably to the plaintiff as the record permits, and slightly simplified, are as follows:
On January 20, 1992, Mellon Stuart, the general contractor on a project to rehabilitate a train station, solicited bids for a subcontract to provide the metal decking required by the project. AMS, the plaintiff in this suit, was…
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