United States Seventh Circuit

The voluntary payment doctrine precludes a plaintiff from recovering money paid under a misunderstanding about his legal rights when he was relying on the defendant's interpretation of the contract rather than reading the contract for himself.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2001
• Decided 08/21/2001
• Published 08/21/2001

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter V. Baugher (argued), Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Breen (argued), Chapman & Cutler, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.