Legal Opinion

Windy City Metal Fabricators & Supply, Inc. v. CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 1, 2008No. 07-1567PublishedCited by 275 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Windy City Metal Fabricators & Supply Inc. (“Windy City”) sued CIT Technology Financing Services (“CIT”) and the law firm Reed Smith in Illinois state court. After Reed Smith removed the action to the district court based on diversity of citizenship, 1 Midwest Ink Co. was added as a plaintiff. CIT and Reed Smith filed a motion to dismiss, which the district court granted. The plaintiffs timely appealed the dismissal. 2 For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the district court. The case is remanded for further…

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3Cited by275 opinions

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