Just Pants v. Wagner

Defendant Joeine Wagner appeals from the the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Just Pants, an Illinois limited partnership, on the issue of whether an arbitration award was properly executed. Defendant also contends that because the court erred in holding that the award was enforceable, its subsequent confirmation of that award was necessarily infirm.

In November 1978, defendant and plaintiff entered into an agreement whereby defendant became a franchisee of plaintiff, which owned the franchise of an established national retail clothing store chain. Under the…