Legal Opinion
Rexam Beverage Can Co. v. Bolger
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2010No. 08-3403, 09-2071PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
This commercial landlord-tenant dispute involves a tenant who overstayed its welcome at a warehouse with a leaky roof, the replacement of which both landlord and tenant deny is their responsibility. After the tenant filed an action for declaratory judgment against the landlord, the landlord counter-claimed on several Illinois state law grounds. The district court, sitting in diversity, ruled in the landlord’s favor and found the tenant liable for over $1.5 million in damages, including roughly $400,000 for the replacement of the roof. The district court also awarded the…
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