Legal Opinion
Ross-Berger Companies, Inc., Successor in Interest to Berger Realty Group, Inc. v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1989No. 88-2010PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The Ross-Berger Companies, Inc. (Ross-Berger) instituted this diversity action against The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Equitable) in order to recover a broker’s commission that it earned by procuring a tenant for a building owned by Equitable. After concluding that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precluded Equitable from relitigating two issues relevant to Ross-Berger’s claim, the district court granted Ross-Berger’s summary judgment motion and awarded Ross-Berger prejudgment interest pursuant to the Illinois prejudgment interest statute.…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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