FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF NEV. v. CHAPMAN & CUTLER

No. 86-2613.

837 F.2d 775 (1988)

FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF NEVADA, N.A., as administrator of the estate of Johanna W. Nelson, and representative of a bondholder class, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Harold Olshansky, et al., Proposed Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHAPMAN & CUTLER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Alan Stotsenburg, R. Alan Stotsenburg, P.C., New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

John T. Hickey, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Johanna W. Nelson filed suit against the law firm of Chapman and Cutler, alleging that it had violated state and federal securities laws as well as federal racketeering laws in connection with several public bond offerings. Ms. Nelson died during the course of the litigation below and Judge Hart permitted the substitution of First Interstate Bank of Nevada, the executor of Ms. Nelson's estate, as the named plaintiff. The Bank sought...

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