Legal Opinion
Tonya Davis v. Ernest Fenton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 2017No. 16-2121, 16-2165PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 2013 Tonya Davis sued Ernest Fen-ton (as well as Fenton’s law firms) in federal district court asserting state malpractice and breach of contract claims, as well as federal Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act claims, all arising out of Fen-ton’s representation of Davis in a mortgage foreclosure action in which Davis had lost her home. Davis alleged that Fenton’s representation of her had been deficient, and that he had targeted her for deficient representation because of her race.
Fenton asked the district court to stay the lawsuit pending arbitration, because his…
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- Ernest Fenton v. Kelli DudleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
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