Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. White
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 2008No. 07-3470PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In 2002 Leroy Neff rear-ended Glenn Hopkins’s 1983 Ford Thunderbird. Hopkins had retrofitted the car with what he calls an Electronic Fuel Injection Preheat-er, a prototype device that he says improves fuel economy. Neff, who has since died, was insured by State Farm. Hopkins, though, was uninsured (a violation of Illinois law, see 625 ILCS 5/3-707) because no insurance company, including State Farm, would agree to cover the risks posed by his device. As a result, the state of Illinois fined Hopkins $600 and suspended his license. According to Hopkins, Illinois’s confiscation of his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Tamayo v. BlagojevichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Cramer v. Insurance Exchange AgencyIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Sprout v. South BendSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Walker v. SheahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by1 opinion
- Everett v. Cook CountyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010