Walter P. Maksym, Jr. v. Dolores Loesch

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1991-09-10

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This is a suit for breach of a contract between a lawyer and his client. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, and Illinois law governs the substantive issues. The district judge granted summary judgment for the lawyer, awarding him $83,000 in damages (we round off all dollar figures to the nearest $1,000). The client’s appeal raises…

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