Legal Opinion
Joseph E.L. Sullivan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1994No. 93-1364PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Sullivan, a prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, alleges that two federal public defenders who represented him in a parole revocation proceeding committed legal malpractice. Sullivan filed this action against David R. Freeman and James C. Delworth 1 under our diversity jurisdiction, but when the ease came before another panel of this court approximately three years ago, we asked whether the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988 (the “Westfall Act”), 2 which amended the Federal Tort Claims Act…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Polk County v. DodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Annamma A. Ezekiel and Al Ezekiel v. Jaime T. Michel and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Ronald Glade v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Lawrence Dunphy v. Margaret McKeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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