United States Seventh Circuit

In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff was not obligated to pay for certain legal services, the panel adopts the district court's decision that dismissed the action after declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims when all federal claims had been dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/24/2007
• Published 09/24/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Martin G. Durkin, Jr., Christopher W. Carmichael (argued), Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, for New York Life Insurance Company., Steven A. Levy, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for U.S. Trust Company., Bruce Braverman, Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Sidley Austin, LLP., Daniel B. Meyer, O'Hagan Spencer, Chicago, IL, for Thomas J. Murphy., Michael P. Tone, Ross, Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLC., Peter S. Roeser, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for Grippo & Elden, LLC., John I. Grossbart, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Prudential Insurance Company of America., Richard S. Order, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, Hartford, CT, for Axin, Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP., Donald A. Murday, Chittenden, Murday & Novotny, Chicago, IL, for Hartford Life Insurance Company., Steven M. Hartmann, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for Charles Webster., Ellen M. Babbitt, Babbitt, Land, Silverstein & Warner, Chicago, IL, for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP., Lee T. Polk, Barnes & Thoornburg, Chicago, IL, Mellon Trust of New York., John A. Goudge, Greene & Letts, Chicago, IL, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company., Daniel J. McMahon, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Chicago, IL, for Wayne Bursey., Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Clinton A. Krislov.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Piegore (argued), Sanchez & Daniels, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., John J. Koresko (argued), Koresko Law Firm, Bridgeport, PA, Douglas A. Cipriano, Flossmoor, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.