United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of motion to intervene in a foreclosure action is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where: 1) the intervening buyer had standing to sue; 2) the court would have jurisdiction over the intervention; 3) the court's dismissal left several issues unexplored; and 4) the court's rationale for dismissal was invalid for policy reasons.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2005
• Decided 03/31/2006
• Published 03/31/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth K. Meyers, Fisher & Fisher, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff., Arthur W. Friedman (argued), Miller, Shakman & Hamilton, Chicago, IL, for Intervenor-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew R. Greene (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.