Legal Opinion

Estate of Moreland v. Dieter

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 11, 2009No. 08-1478PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOW, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, the Estate of Christopher Moreland (the “Estate”), filed a motion for a writ of execution to enforce a judgment against St. Joseph County, Indiana and its Board of Commissioners (the “County”), pursuant to Indiana Code § 34-13^4-1 and Rule 69 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court denied the Estate’s motion. Because we conclude that the state law that the Estate seeks to invoke was not intended to apply retroactively, we affirm the order of the district court.

I. Background

The Estate has appeared before this Court twice, both…

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