Legal Opinion
Thomas J. Lowrance v. Stephen J. Hacker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 1989No. 88-2128PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Thomas Lowrance is a commodities broker employed by the firm of Rosenthal & Company (“Rosenthal”). Rosenthal’s policy is that brokers must make good any deficits in their customers’ accounts which the customer refuses to pay. Stephen Hacker was one of Low-rance’s customers under a commodity-trading agreement between Hacker and Rosen-thal which called for Hacker to pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees should an attorney be employed to enforce collection” of any deficits that might arise in his trading account. Hacker defaulted in his payments due to a number…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Schek v. Chicago Transit AuthorityIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
- Bruce Lippo, D/B/A "Walden-Woodfield Service Station," v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Shelton v. AndresIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
- Litwin v. Timbercrest Estates, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Pipe Fitters' Welfare Fund, Local Union 597 v. Mosbeck Industrial Equipment, Inc. And Twiddy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- SOUTH BEND LATHE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. AMSTED INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellan-Cross AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Sprague v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1994
- Thomas J. Lowrance v. Stephen J. HackerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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