In Re John G. Makula, Debtor. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. v. Richard J. Mason, as Trustee

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Although the question before us today is naturally of interest to the parties, a change in Illinois law has relegated it to the history books for most of the rest of the world. We must decide whether the pre-1993 Illinois statute providing for a citation to discover assets in proceedings to enforce a judgment creates a lien on those assets in favor of the party on whose behalf the citation issues. We agree with the district court that the better view of Illinois law at the relevant time is that it did not, and we therefore affirm that court’s judgment.

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