Legal Opinion
PNC Bank v. Sheila Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 2014No. 13-2676PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Sheila Spencer stopped paying her mortgage in 2008 and soon faced a foreclosure action in Wisconsin state court. The case progressed normally until Spencer retained attorney Wendy Nora, who adopted an object-to-everything litigation strategy and buried the state court in a blizzard of motions. When a hearing on a summary judgment motion loomed in state court, Nora removed the case to federal court on several suspect grounds. Finding no objectively reasonable basis for removal, the district court remanded the case and awarded attorney’s fees and costs to the mortgage lender. See 28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Lincoln Property Co. v. RocheSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Craig Garbie v. Daimler Chrysler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- State of Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Robert Stallworth v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority David Vegh and Ronald ToberCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Matter Of LisseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- Jackson County Bank v. Mathew DuSablonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- Wendy Nora v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Flextronics International USA, Inc. v. Sparkling Drink Systems Innovation Center Ltd.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
- In re SpencerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2015
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