Legal Opinion
Anastos v. O'BRIEN
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 25, 1972No. 55096PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leighton
In this case, two lawyers filed a complaint against a fellow-lawyer and two former clients to recover fees which they say would have been collected but for the negligence of the fellow-lawyer. A motion was made to dismiss the complaint, one ground being that it did not state a cause of action. Before there was a ruling, the two lawyers sought to take discovery depositions. They say in their brief, “[i]t might have been possible by taking depositions for discovery s * * that cross-examination of [the fellow-lawyer] might have established a cause of action * * The trial judge stayed the taking…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People Ex Rel. General Motors Corp. v. BuaIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Standidge v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Baker v. BakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Cameron v. BoegerIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Cohn v. Board of Education of Waukegan Township High School District No. 119Appellate Court of Illinois · 1970
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,138 in Re Brass Kettle Restaurant, Inc., Debtor, Laurence H. Kallen, as Trustee v. Ash, Anos, Freedman & LoganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Herbster v. North American Co. for Life & Health InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Kallen v. LitasDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1985
- Department of Public Works v. Exchange National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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