Christopher W. Fillmore v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc.
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The District Court affirmed, and the Seventh Circuit agreed, that both Respondent ('Indiana Bell") and Petitioner ("Fillmore") submitted "sparse" — or, rather, insufficient — evidence in their respective cross motions for summary judgment. In light of this, the District Court granted, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed, summary judgment for Indiana Bell. This is patently. unjust. Additionally, it is an act that can not only be seen as counterintuitive to other equitable remedies available, but one that is also in conflict with the decisions made in their circuit alone, among others. Before movi
Whether the district court and Seventh Circuit erred in granting summary judgment for Indiana Bell despite finding that both parties submitted 'sparse' or insufficient evidence