BARNETT v. STERN

No. 88-3512.

909 F.2d 973 (1990)

Ralph BARNETT, Philip Liss, and Louis Levit, Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Burton L. Stern, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Burton L. STERN, Individually and as Trustee of the Burton L. Stern Trust dated August 1, 1978, and Todd Stern, Individually and as Trustee of the Nationwide Trust dated March, 1985, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Levit, Sharon Riley, Chicago, Robert Frankenstein, Kozlicki, Widman & Goldberg, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan E. Levin, Patrick A. Barton, Donald L. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Louis Levit, trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Burton L. Stern, appeals the judgment of the district court that his claim against Todd Stern is barred by res judicata. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the district court against Levit and remand the case for further proceedings on his claim. We also hold that we lack jurisdiction over the appeals of Ralph Barnett and Philip Liss.

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