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OLD REPUBLIC INS. CO. v. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C.

Nos. 95-1638, 95-1663, 95-1779 and 95-4093.

84 F.3d 998 (1996)

OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., Edwin Josephson, and Michael Kearns, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., Edwin Josephson, and Michael Kearns, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Daley, Phelan, Cahill & Quinlan, Chicago, IL, Steven D. Pearson (argued), Bates, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Old Republic Ins. Co., in Nos. 95-1638 and 95-1779.

Alan R. Dolinko (argued), Cary S. Fleischer, Thomas W. Hargrove, Chuhak & Tecson, Chicago, IL, for Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. and Edwin I. Josephson.

Robert F. Daley, Phelan, Cahill & Quinlan, Chicago, IL, Bruce R. Meckler, Steven D. Pearson (argued), Bates, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Old Republic Ins. Co., in No. 95-1663.

Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Lawrence R. Kream (argued), Goldberg & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Michael Kearns.

Steven D. Pearson (argued), Anne L. Blume, Bates, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for Old Republic Ins. Co., in No. 95-4093.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated for argument and decision the appeals in two cases, virtually identical, mysteriously assigned to two different judges of the same district court—who reached opposite results, the second judge disagreeing so violently with the first that he imposed sanctions on the plaintiff in the second case for relying on the first judge's opinion.

The cases are diversity suits governed by Illinois law. They involve a dispute...

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