Krim v. Keck, Mahin & Cate (In Re Keck, Mahin & Cate)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANDERSEN, District Judge.

This is an appeal by the claimant-appellant Jerry Krim (“Krim”) from a final ruling of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, granting the motion of the debtor-appellee Keck, Mahin, & Cate (“Keck”) to dismiss Krim’s proof of claim and denying his petition for class certification. The principal issues are whether the bankruptcy court erred in barring Krim’s motion for class certification under the doctrine of collateral estoppel and whether the bankruptcy court erred in finding that the…