United States Seventh Circuit

The district judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to award plaintiff the attorney's fees that she incurred in getting her case remanded to the state court, where the case was improperly remanded and the amount in controversy in a suit challenging an arbitration award includes the matter at stake in the arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/21/2003
• Decided 10/29/2003
• Published 10/29/2003

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward X. Clinton, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julian Solotorovsky, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Michael T. Roumell (argued), Epstein, Becker & Green, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.