UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

August Term, 2022

Argued: June 28, 2023 Decided: August 30, 2023

Docket No. 22-282-cv

RSD LEASING, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

— v. —

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORP., NAVISTAR, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Before:

LYNCH, LOHIER, and BIANCO, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff-Appellant RSD Leasing Inc., a company that leases and, eventually, resells trucks to other commercial entities, appeals from a decision by the District Court for the District of Vermont (Crawford, Ch. J.) granting in relevant part summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Navistar International Corp. and Navistar, Inc., the manufacturer of several allegedly substandard trucks in RSD’s fleet. The sole question we are asked to resolve on appeal is whether, for purpose