Legal Opinion
Golden v. HELEN SIGMAN & ASSOCIATES, LTD.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2010No. 08-1506PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In 2004, Bruce Golden’s wife Jody Rosenbaum filed for divorce in Illinois state court. The proceedings that followed were fraught with hostility as the parties engaged in a bitter dispute over division of assets and custody of Dale, their only child. After a year of setbacks in state court, Golden filed a multi-count federal lawsuit. He seems to have named anyone who advocated for Rosenbaum in state court as a defendant, including Nancy Thomas, Rosenbaum’s friend and neighbor; Helen Sigman, the court-appointed representative for the child; Rosenbaum’s counsel; and two of…
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