United States Seventh Circuit

An order directing a defendant in a RICO suit to pay attorney's fees listed in a document alleged to form part of a settlement agreement is vacated and remanded for clarification as to whether the document was actually party of the agreement such that the court would retain jurisdiction over the fee dispute after dismissal of the RICO suit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2006
• Decided 09/11/2006
• Published 09/11/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ellen G. Robinson, Robinson, Curley & Clayton, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. John McGinnis (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant., Sheldon Karon (argued), Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.