Legal Opinion
Nathaniel S. Shapo v. Clyde Wm. Engle v. Foley & Lardner, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 2006No. 05-4096, 06-1255PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the district court’s jurisdiction to resolve a dispute between the defendant, Engle, and the law firm, Foley & Lardner, that represented him in a suit charging Engle and others with unlawful acts that included violations of RICO. Several years into the case the parties agreed to settle it and so advised the court. In February of 2004 the court ordered the suit “dismissed, without prejudice and with leave to reinstate on or before the ‘Execution Date,’ ” defined in the order as the date on which the various undertakings set forth in it, including…
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