Legal Opinion
Suess v. Stapp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1969No. 16973PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
The district court decided that a notice of lis pendens under Illinois law is not supported by a suit for recission of a contract of sale of fractional oil leases and for imposition of a constructive trust upon proceeds of the oil purchased under the leases. The court ordered the notice cancelled. We reverse.
This lis pendens question arose in plaintiffs’ suit for recission — of a contract involving oil leases — which was brought under the Securities Act of 1933. Contemporaneously with filing their suit, plaintiffs filed notice of lis pendens in Richland County, Illinois,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fowley v. BradenIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Coane v. American Distilling Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
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- Beefy King International, Inc. And Iea Corporation v. Francis T. VeigleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Orange County, California Airport Hotel Associates, a California Limited Partnership v. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Stavros v. KarkomiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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