FIRST AM. BANK v. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

No. 16-1122.

842 F.3d 487 (2016)

FIRST AMERICAN BANK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA, Citizens Bank, N.A., and David M. Goodson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Wilson , Attorney, Fisher-Broyles, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Victoria R. Collado , Attorney, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Citizens Bank, N.A.

Edward X. Clinton, Jr. , Julia Christine Williams , Attorneys, Law Offices of Edward X. Clinton, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee David M. Goodson.

Before Bauer, Posner, and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


This is a complicated case regarding contested liability for a counterfeit check; we shall simplify ruthlessly.

In 2013 an Illinois lawyer named David M. Goodson received an email from a person who represented himself or herself to be a woman named "Fumiko Anderson." The email stated that she wanted to hire Goodson...

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