HALPERIN v. HALPERIN

No. 12-3466.

750 F.3d 668 (2014)

Patrick J. HALPERIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas C. HALPERIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Shonkwiler , Novack & Macey LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael J. Morrisroe , Bloomingdale, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity suit for fraud (the governing substantive law being that of Illinois) arising out of a falling-out between two brothers, Patrick and Thomas Halperin. Each owned one-third of the common stock of Commercial Light Company. A third brother, Daniel, owned the other third; he is not a party to the suit.

Commercial Light was a substantial family-owned electrical contractor, founded by the brothers' grandfather, that has...

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