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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.
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