United States Seventh Circuit

Settlement agreement where one party agrees to waive its claims provides sufficient consideration to make agreement enforceable even if it is later discovered that those claims were invalid.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2001
• Decided 11/29/2001
• Published 11/29/2001

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marshall J. Burt (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Rowland (argued), Beth T. Golub, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.