Case Name: HOMEMAKERS NORTH SHORE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1987-06-26
Citations: 823 F.2d 174
Docket Number: No. 87-1389
Parties: HOMEMAKERS NORTH SHORE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before COFFEY, FLAÚM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 823
Pages: 174–174

Head Matter:
HOMEMAKERS NORTH SHORE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 87-1389.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted June 11, 1987.
Decided June 26, 1987.
Sanford V. Teplitzky, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., Lawrence M. Gavin, Boodell Sears Giambalvo & Crowley, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.
Donna Morros Weinstein, Dept, of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.
Before COFFEY, FLAÚM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Secretary has filed a motion asking that this court dismiss the appeal on the authority of Foremost Sales Promotions, Inc. v. Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 812 F.2d 1044 (7th Cir.1987). This case is clearly distinguishable. The minute order states: "The Secretary is granted summary judgment. Plaintiffs cross-motion for summary judgment is defnied [sic]. Pretrial conference and trial dates are stricken." This entry was preceded by the phrase "judgment is entered as follows:" Unlike Foremost, it completely and succinctly ends the litigation. It is crystal clear that there is nothing left to be decided. The judgment is final and appealable.
The Secretary is given five (5) days to file his brief.
So Ordered.