Lockett v. Allstate Insurance

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

Plaintiff initiated this action after he was not able to purchase a book of business (“BOB”) from a retiring Allstate agent. Now before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (tab 33).

I. STANDARD OF REVIEW

The Supreme Court has observed, “[o]ne of the principal purposes of the summary judgment rule is to isolate and dispose of factually unsupported claims or defenses, and we think it should be interpreted in a way that allows it to accomplish this purpose.” Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323-24, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986). Under…