Legal Opinion
Moran Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Mid-Atlantic Market Development Company, Llc, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 2007No. 05-3656, 05-3735PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a complicated diversity suit with a federal-law counterclaim. We shall simplify ruthlessly. Moran Foods franchises grocery stores under the name “Save-A-Lot” and sells the stores many of the groceries they need. Mid-Atlantic (and an affiliate that we’ll ignore) was one of the franchisees. Mid-Atlantic’s stores faltered, and eventually defaulted, leaving it owing Moran a considerable amount of money for groceries bought but not paid for. Mid-Atlantic later declared bankruptcy. Roger Camp, the owner of Mid-Atlantic, and his wife, Susan Camp, had guaranteed the…
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