KAMILEWICZ v. BANK OF BOSTON CORP.

No. 96-1019.

92 F.3d 506 (1996)

Dexter J. KAMILEWICZ, Gretchen L. Kamilewicz, and Martha E. Preston, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION, BancBoston Mortgage Corporation, Burr & Forman, T. Thomas Cottingham, Ezell & Sharbrough, Edelman & Combs, Daniel A. Edelman, Lawrence Walner & Associates, Lawrence Walner, and John or Jane Does 1 through 50, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Arado, Michael L. McCluggage, Andrew E. Skopp, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Ralph G. Wellington (argued), Nancy Winkelman, Arlin M. Adams, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Dexter J. Kamilewicz, Gretchen L. Kamilewicz, Martha E. Preston.

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch (argued), Raymond J. Kelly, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, Gary A. Spiess, Bank of Boston, Boston, MA, for Bank of Boston Corp.

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch, Raymond J. Kelly, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, Thomas H. Fish, BancBoston Mortgage Corp., Jacksonville, FL, for BancBoston Mortgage Corp.

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch, Raymond J. Kelly, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Burr & Forman.

Alexander S. Vesselinovitch, Raymond J. Kelly, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, T. Thomas Cottingham, Burr & Forman, Birmingham, AL, for T. Thomas Cottingham.

Mark Ezell, John W. Sharbrough, III, Ezell & Sharbrough, Mobile, AL, for Ezell & Sharbrough.

Edward M. Kay, James T. Ferrini (argued), Susan Condon, Imelda Terrazino, Michael R. Grimm, Kevin P. Mohr, Clausen & Miller, Chicago, IL, Barbara Stackler, Ronald E. Stackler, Samuel M. Greenberg, Stackler & Stackler, Chicago, IL, for Edelman & Combs and Daniel A. Edelman.

Lawrence Walner, Walner & Associates, Chicago, IL, Steven H. Mora, Ellen L. Flannigan, Mora & Baugh, Chicago, IL, for Walner & Associates, Lawrence Walner, John Doe, and Jane Does 1 through 50.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Elliot Burg, Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, VT, Walter L. Maroney, Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General, Consumer Protection Bureau, Concord, NH, for State of Vermont, State of New Hampshire.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A class action in Alabama cost Dexter Kamilewicz $91.33 in attorney fees to recover $2.19 on the merits. When he learned of this news, he and the other plaintiffs (his wife and Martha Preston) sued the class action attorneys (as well as certain defendants in the Alabama action) in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. There, to add to their chagrin, they ran up against another obstacle — the Rooker-Feldman...

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