Legal Opinion
Niccum v. Meyer
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 25, 1994No. 89 C 7715. Adv. No. 93 A 00798PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This complex and complicated litigation is before the court on the motions of plaintiffs for summary judgment and to dismiss the remaining counts (I and V) of the First Amended Counterclaim. Plaintiffs are suing their former lawyer for fraudulently obtaining their property and money whÜe he was providing legal services. They move for judgment and claim liability based on principles of attorney fiduciary obligations which give rise to a presumption of fraud when an attorney acquires the property or money of a client during the…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- MARVEL OF ILL., INC. v. Marvel Contaminant Control Industries, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2001
- In Re John Robert Meyer, Debtor. Forest G. Niccum and Marvel Contaminant Control Industries, Inc. v. J. Robert MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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