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BOYLE v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

Nos. 90-2504, 90-2680.

946 F.2d 54 (1991)

Lola M. BOYLE, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Clifton Shoular, Jr., a Minor, Plaintiff, and Donald L. Johnson, Appellee, v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, a municipal corporation, B.R. Abbott Construction Company, an Illinois corporation, Great Lakes Plumbing and Heating Company, an Illinois corporation, et al., Defendants. Appeal of Joseph R. MARCONI.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Meenan, Jr. (argued), Feiwell, Galper & Lasky, Joseph R. Marconi, Johnson & Bell, Donald L. Johnson, Steven R. Hansen, Melvyn M. Weisberg, Weisberg & Associates, Michael P. Siavelis (argued), Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff, appellee.

Martin P. Greene, Frank M. Grenard, Eileen M. Letts, Jones, Ware & Grenard, William J. Furey, David A. Johnson, Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Francis D. Morrissey, Gary W. Fresen, Baker & McKenzie, William J. Winger, Elizabeth W. Speidel, Ross & Hardies, Mark C. Friedlander, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Ira Gould, Holleb & Coff, Chicago, Ill., for defendants, appellee.

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

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a fee-splitting dispute between attorneys. The issues involved are jurisdictional and therefore we will relate only the facts related to these issues.

In 1987, the plaintiff, Lola Boyle ("Boyle"), filed a personal injury lawsuit in federal court on behalf of her minor son. Federal jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. At the time the suit was filed, Boyle...

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