Craftwood Lumber Company v. Essendant, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CRAFTWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, ET AL., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 16 C 4321 v. ) ) ESSENDANT, INC., ET AL., ) Judge Thomas M. Durkin ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Plaintiff hardware stores Craftwood Lumber Company and Craftwood II, Inc. (together, “Craftwood”) allege that defendants Essendant, Inc. and Essendant Co. (together, “Essendant”), distributers of office products, janitorial supplies and more, sent Craftwood unsolicited fax advertisements in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of…