Legal Opinion
Donald Hoagland, as Receiver of Midwest Transit, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 2004No. 03-2059PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Donald Hoagland, as receiver for Midwest Transit, filed suit in an Illinois state court against the Sandberg law firm, which in the course of representing Midwest had, Hoagland charged, wronged its client. The law firm removed the suit to federal district court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. The district court entered judgment for Sandberg after determining that Hoagland had not proved the elements of legal malpractice, and Hoagland appeals.
As happens all too often when a suit comes into the federal courts by removal, so that the original pleadings did not…
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