Dormeyer v. Comerica Bank IL et al, s. 99-1089 and 99-3252
Decision Date | 30 August 2000 |
Docket Number | Nos. 99-1089 and 99-3252,s. 99-1089 and 99-3252 |
Citation | 226 F.3d 915 |
Parties | (7th Cir. 2000) Jennifer Dormeyer, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Comerica Bank-Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit |
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 96 C 4805--David H. Coar, Judge.
Before Posner, Manion, and Kanne, Circuit Judges.
In our opinion of July 24, 2000, affirming the district court's decision, we ordered the plaintiff-appellant's counsel, Ernest T. Rossiello, to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for having taken a frivolous appeal (Fed. R. App. P. 38) from the district court's order cutting down the attorneys' fees that he had requested. Mr. Rossiello has submitted his response and the disciplinary matter is now ripe for determination.
In our opinion we had described Mr. Rossiello's brief as We pointed out that ...
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