INDEPENDENT TRUST v. STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES

No. 11-2108.

665 F.3d 930 (2012)

INDEPENDENT TRUST CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation now in receivership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam P. Merrill (argued), Attorney, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gerard D. Kelly (argued), Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a series of business dealings that ended in 1995. We conclude that the district court properly dismissed the complaint as barred by the statute of limitations. The Illinois doctrine of adverse domination does not apply to the claims against the defendants here and therefore did not toll the statute of limitations.

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