Legal Opinion
Praxair, Inc. v. Hinshaw & Culbertson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 2000No. 00-1960PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Praxair, the plaintiff in this diversity suit for legal malpractice governed by Illinois law, appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Hinshaw & Culbertson (“Hinshaw” for short), its former law firm. Praxair (actually a predecessor corporation, but we’ll suppress that detail for the sake of simplicity) was the defendant in a breach of contract suit brought by Credit Agricole, a French bank. That suit, in which Praxair was represented by Hinshaw, ended in a judgment for Credit Agricole of almost $4 mil lion, which we affirmed in Caisse Nationale de…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Sun Oil Co. v. WortmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Rakowski v. LucenteIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- Charles Clauson v. Robert D. SmithCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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