Legal Opinion
Mir Iqbal v. Tejaskumar Patel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 2015No. 14-1959PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Through a closely held corporation, Mir Iqbal bought a gasoline service station. (He also guaranteed its debts, so we need not mention the corporation again.) Iqbal contracted with S-Mart Petroleum for gasoline. Iqbal then hired Tejaskumar Patel to conduct the business, ceding operational control to him. He chose Patel on the recommendation of Warren Johnson, SMart’s president. Patel ran the business but did not pay for the gasoline, leading SMart to sue on the contract in an Indiana court. The court entered a judgment of more than $65,000 against Iqbal as…
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