ENNENGA v. STARNS

Nos. 09-3118, 09-3221, 09-3222.

677 F.3d 766 (2012)

George ENNENGA, individually and as father and next friend of India Ennenga, a minor, and India Ennenga, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Byron E. STARNS, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Woodruff A. Burt, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Nathanson (argued), Attorney, Nathanson Law Firm, Scottsdale, AZ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Allen I. Saeks , Keith S. Moheban (argued), Attorneys, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, Don M. Mateer , Attorney, Mateer & Associates, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This case involves claims of legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty stemming from a dispute about an inheritance. Not normally the subject of federal litigation, the case is in federal court based on the parties' diverse citizenship. Tom and Ida Lou Ennenga lived in rural northern Illinois and had three children—Constance (known as "Connie"), Lucie, and George— and an estate valued at $3 or $4 million. Connie and Lucie each...

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