Met-Al, Inc. v. Hansen Storage Co.

ORDER

WARREN, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court is the defendants’ motion for mandatory withdrawal of reference and their demand for a jury trial.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiff in the above-captioned matter, Met-Al, Inc. (“Met-Al”), is a Wisconsin corporation which sells aluminum ingots produced from scrap aluminum. For approximately one year, beginning in October, 1991, Met-Al contracted to sell millions of dollars worth of aluminum ingots with people purporting to be representatives of the Emerson Electric Company and General Electric. In reality, the aluminum was received by Metal Brokers…