Benjamin M. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant,
and David M. Kahn, Appellant,
v.
COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, State of Illinois, Kelly D. Long, Boatmen's National Bank of Central Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 22, 1997.
Decided April 4, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James C. Cook (argued), Walker & Williams, Belleville, IL, for Defendants-Appellees County of Montgomery, State of Illinois, Kathryn Dobrinic, James Vazzi.
D. Bradley Blodgett, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Boatmen's National Bank of Central Illinois in No. 96-2524.
Patrick J. Londrigan, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Springfield, IL, Karen L. Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Samuel W. Panos.
James R. Potter, Londrigan, Potter & Randle, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Case Credit, a division of J.I. Case, Company, a Tenneco Company.
Craig L. Unrath, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Coffeen State Bank & Trust Company, now called Security National Bank in No. 96-2524, and Jon G. Noll, Springfield, IL, in No. 96-2525.
Jerald S. Post, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Michael Sheeley.
Kelly D. Long, Hillsboro, IL, Defendant-Appellee pro se, in No. 96-2524.
Kelly D. Long, Hillsboro, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Boatmen's National Bank of Central Illinois, in No. 96-2525.
David M. Kahn (argued), Waterloo, IL, Appellant pro se in No. 96-2524.
David M. Kahn (argued), Waterloo, for Plaintiff-Appellant Benjamin M. Anderson in No. 96-2525.
Before CUDAHY, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Anderson thinks he should not have been convicted of misdemeanor theft. Usually such a contention is aired in a criminal appeal or a habeas corpus petition, but because Anderson long ago finished serving his short jail term, he instead seeks damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This appeal involves the dismissal of Anderson's suit and the sanctions imposed on his attorney, David Kahn, who filed and pursued the case on Anderson...
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