Legal Opinion
Landau & Cleary, Ltd. v. Hribar Trucking, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation, and Leo Hribar
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 1989No. 87-1467PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This is a truly impossible fact scenario. It is complicated further by the mistakes of counsel, the death of a party, the unusual use of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the involvement of both state and federal courts. There are a myriad of alternative solutions, each of which is riddled with land mines. We affirm the district judge’s denial of defendants-appellants’ “motion for recoupment” for the reasons set out below.1
I. Facts
Leo Hribar was president of the Wisconsin corporation Hribar Trucking, Inc. He retained Eliot Landau, an attorney with the Illinois law…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hadden v. Rumsey Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- In the Matter of Alex Strandell v. Jackson County, Illinois, Appeal of Thomas F. Tobin, Attorney at Law, Contemnor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Robert N. Corley and Vera M. Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc. Of PeoriaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Melvin P. DeutschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Energy Gathering, Inc., John Fox, Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Thomas J. Mahone v. Walter S. Ray, Garfield Hammond, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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