Legal Opinion
Centurion Reinsurance Company, Limited, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellee v. Howard S. Singer and L. Steven Medgyesy, Defendants-Counterplaintiffs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1987No. 86-1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from an order dissolving a preliminary injunction requires us to untangle a confused procedural skein in order to determine the proper equity procedure to follow in an unusual factual and procedural setting — which we shall ruthlessly simplify to make this opinion intelligible.
Centurion Reinsurance Company was formed in 1979 as a Cayman Islands corporation to engage in the reinsurance business. It had and has two shareholders— Charles Hiatt, the majority shareholder and chief executive officer of the company, and Howard Singer. Hiatt and Singer contributed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Martin Frank, and Nylo-Thane Plastics Corp., Maurice Minuto, Olanda Minuto, Louis Braunston, Leonard FreedmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Lawson Products, Inc. v. Avnet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- American Hospital Supply Corp. v. Hospital Products Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Lake River Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Carborundum Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- D. Patrick, Inc., an Indiana Corporation v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- The Chicago Board of Realtors, Inc. v. The City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Illinois, and the Mayor of the City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Odc Communications Corp. v. Wenruth InvestmentsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Elizabeth v. Bogosian v. Woloohojian Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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