United States Seventh Circuit
RIFKIN v. BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC., 00-2028
District court lacks supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims that a bond refinancing plan cheated county citizens because the plaintiffs, who did not purchase the bonds at issue, lack standing.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/25/2001
- Decided 04/19/2001
- Published 04/19/2001
Judges
- DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Robert J. Stein, III, Krislov & Associates, Paul A. Castiglione, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Sanjay T. Tailor (argued), Office of the States Attorney of Cook County, Nicholas P. Ivarone, Bellows & Bellows, Richard J. Hickey, Hickey, Driscoll, Kurfirst, Patterson & Melia, Stanley J. Parzen (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, A. Robert Pietrzak, Brown & Wood, New York, NY, for defendants-appellees.