United States Seventh Circuit

Because plaintiff assigned both its intellectual property and its interest in the underlying litigation to Hugoton Joint Venture 1986 (HJV), its only interest in any legal malpractice proceeding against HJV's lawyer is derivative. Only HJV could vindicate the interest of the partnership as a whole, and the time to do so expired years ago.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/06/2004
• Decided 02/03/2004
• Published 02/03/2004

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark J. Rose, Chicago, IL, Stanley M. Ward, Norman, OK, E. Vance Winningham (argued), Winningham & Stein, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lisa I. Fair (argued), Rovell & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee.