Legal Opinion

Patrick Held v. Robert T. Held, Sr., Individually and as Trustee of Bodee Investment Trust Municipal Bond Portfolio of Patrick Held

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 8, 1998No. 96-3648, 97-1125PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Patrick Held sued his uncle, Robert Held, over a purported trust agreement. Because Patrick waited too long to bring suit, however, the Held family must find some extrajudicial resolution for their problems.

I

Before we begin relating this sorry tale of family discord, we note that on summary judgment, we are obliged to construe the facts in a light most favorable to the party opposing summary judgment, in this case, the plaintiff Patrick Held. Thus, although Robert Held vigorously disputes these facts, we assume for the purposes of this analysis that these…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  4. M.T. Bonk Company and Mark T. Bonk v. Milton Bradley Company and Hasbro, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by76 opinions

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  3. Timothy Harney v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  4. Rosemary Frobose v. American Savings and Loan Association of Danville, a State Chartered Federally Insured Savings and LoanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  5. Maurice L. Quinn v. The McGraw Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999

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