Legal Opinion
William T. Divane Jr. v. Krull Electric Co., and John J. Curry Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2003No. 01-3495PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Three years ago, we upheld the district court’s imposition of Rule 11 sanctions against John J. Curry Jr. for filing an answer and counterclaim that (i) denied certain facts that Curry’s client, Krull Electric Company, previously had admitted in companion litigation and (ii) asserted a frivolous counterclaim for which Curry never provided any evidentiary support, despite the frequent opportunities to do so during the underlying litigation’s “tortuous three-year road to trial.” Divane v. Krull Electric Co., Inc., 200 F.3d 1020, 1022 (7th Cir.1999) [hereinafter Divane I].…
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