Legal Opinion

Southmark Corp. v. Cagan

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 6, 1991No. 91-1190PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is by Dolores Fuhrman, an Illinois school teacher who unsuccessfully sought to intervene in this foreclosure litigation on behalf of herself and all other persons who invested in one of the “Dia-mondhead Partnerships”1 between June 1987 and March 1988 and whose money was allegedly diverted from those partnerships by Earl Dean Gordon and his partner, Kenneth Boula.

The petition to intervene was sought as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) or alternatively as a permissive intervention under Rule 24(b)(2). Judge Nordberg denied the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Keith v. DaleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Preston v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Kenneth F. Boula, and Earl Dean GordonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  4. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. John P. Hanrahan, Appeal of Patricia E. Hanrahan, Applicant for InterventionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  5. Roy W. Schultz, Advance Transportation Company, a Wisconsin Corporation, Proposed Intervening v. John Connery, IICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. In the Matter Of: Synthroid Marketing LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  2. Robert Shea v. Geraldo Angulo, Hassan Namazee, First Capital Partners, Appeal Of: Donald ButzenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  3. Vollmer v. Publishers Clearing House and Campus SubscriptionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  4. State of Illinois v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  5. Nissei Sangyo America, Limited v. United States of America, Appeal of Camaro Trading Company, Limited, Proposed Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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