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MATTER OF LEONARD

No. 96-3970.

125 F.3d 543 (1997)

In the Matter of: Lewis C. LEONARD Debtor. Appeal of: Robert BARKER and Theodore Lieblich.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1997.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.D. Kasson, Burditt & Radzius, Chicago, IL, for Robert Barker.

C.D. Kasson, Alan I. Becker (argued), Burditt & Radzius, Chicago, IL, for Theodore Lieblich.

James E. Stevens, Jason H. Rock (argued), Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, Rockford, IL, for Trustee-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Real estate developer Lewis Leonard does not like fulfilling his obligations, and he goes to more trouble than most to avoid them. He broke a contract with Robert Barker and Theodore Lieblich, leading a jury to award them more than $600,000 in damages. Before the jury could return its verdict, however, Leonard (who presumably knew what was coming) gave his son, Zach, the two vacant lots he owned adjoining his home in Oak Brook, Illinois...

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