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MANNHEIM VIDEO, INC. v. COUNTY OF COOK

Nos. 88-3511, 89-1060.

884 F.2d 1043 (1989)

MANNHEIM VIDEO, INC., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF COOK, a body politic and corporate, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1989.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Null, Reed Lee, Adam Bourgeois, Chicago, Ill., for Mannheim Video, Inc., an Illinois Corp., plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Madeleine S. Murphy, Asst. State Atty., Office of the State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for County of Cook, a Body Politic and Corporate, defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Mannheim Video, Inc. appeals the decision of the district court to dismiss its lawsuit sua sponte in favor of a parallel state court action. The defendant County of Cook cross-appeals the district court's decision not to impose sanctions under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We affirm the district court's decisions in both respects.

I. Procedural History

Mannheim Video ("Mannheim") operates a video...

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