Legal Opinion

Lechman v. Ashkenazy Enterprises, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 25, 1983No. 82-2823PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees incurred by defendants in connection with the dissolution of a temporary restraining order (TRO). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

Plaintiffs are three market makers on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. They sold some of the defendants call options for the stock of Kennecott Corporation (Kennecott). The purchases occurred through the California office of Bear, Steams and Co., also a defendant. Within several days of the sale, Standard Oil Company of Ohio announced its intention to acquire Kennecott which caused a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gale v. Transamerica Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re Feit & Drexler, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  2. Warner Bros. Inc., J. Joseph Bainton, Esquire v. Dae Rim Trading, Inc., and Yun Yon ChoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
  3. Philips Medical Systems International B v. V. Martin E. BruetmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. United States ex rel. Rahman v. Oncology Associates, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
  5. Mitsubishi International Corporation, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant v. Cardinal Textile Sales, Inc. United General Marketing, Inc., Classic Sales, Inc., Charles W. Jones and Robert E. Lee, Defendants-Crossclaim- General Sales & Leasing Co., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Crossclaim- Fibertex Textile Supplies, Inc., Defendant-Crossclaim-Defendant-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Purvis-Sikkelee International, Ltd. And Skein Dyers of America, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants-Appellees, Raymond B. Lippincott, Iii, William J. Purvis, William L. Sikkelee and Consolidated Trading Co., Joseph Lee Smith, Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants, Hershel Nunley, Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiffs, United States of America, Movants. Mitsubishi International Corporation, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant v. Cardinal Textile Sales, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiffs, General Sales & Leasing Co., Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Fibertex Textile Supplies, Inc., Defendant-Crossclaim-Defendant-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, Purvis-Sikkelee International, Ltd. And Skein Dyers of America, Inc., Defendants-Crossclaim-Defendants-Appellees, Raymond B. Lippincott, William J. Purvis and William L. Sikkelee, Hershel Nunley, Defendants-Crossclaim-Plaintiff, United States of America, MovantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994

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