WALTER v. FIORENZO

No. 87-1386.

840 F.2d 427 (1988)

William M. WALTER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Oscar FIORENZO, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of ESLER, STEPHENS & BUCKLEY, an Oregon partnership, Esler & Schneider, an Oregon partnership, Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, an Illinois partnership.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1988.

As Amended February 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim T. Buckley, Esler, Stephens & Buckley, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Andrew T. Staes, Jeffrey Neal Cole, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Nearly four years after instituting this action plaintiffs-appellants' counsel, Esler, Stephens & Buckley, Esler & Schneider, and Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove (collectively "plaintiffs' counsel" or "counsel") were unable to articulate a factual basis for plaintiffs' claim against defendant-appellee, Oscar Fiorenzo ("Fiorenzo"). During that four-year period, three other defendants, in virtually the same position as Fiorenzo, obtained...

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