Legal Opinion
Capitol Converting Equipment, Inc. v. LEP Transport, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 19, 1990No. 88 C 6001PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, Chief Judge.
In the wake of an alleged failure on the part of defendant Lep Transport (“Lep”) to deliver a folder-gluer machine to Chicago, plaintiff Capitol Converting Equipment (“Capitol”) brought this action, asserting originally a state law breach of contract claim. Memoranda submitted by the parties in the course of a motion for partial summary judgment raised the possibility that the Carmack Amendment applied to this dispute. In an October 11, 1989, Memorandum and Order, this court held that the Carmack Amendment, if applicable here, would preempt state…
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