Centerpoint Energy Services, I v. Cameel Halim
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit charging violations of 740 ILCS §§ 160/1 et seq., Illinois’s version of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, and of the Illinois common law of successor and alter ego liability. The plaintiff is a gas company thaf the parties refer to as CES. The defendants are a married couple named Halim (and the Halims’ personal trusts, which need not be discussed separately, however) and a company they wholly own named WR Property Management, LLC. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of CES and entered a final judgment for $2.7 million (we…
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