United States Seventh Circuit
Freedom Mortgage Corp. v. Burnham Mortgage, Inc., 08-3007
In a tort and contracts action alleging defendants participated in a fraudulent mortgage-flipping scheme, district court judgment is reversed where: 1) plaintiff's suit is not barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; and 2) plaintiff's suit is not barred by claim preclusion, as claims against the borrower on the note are distinct from whether defendants committed fraud that induced plaintiff to make loans or whether defendant followed plaintiff's prescribed closing procedures.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/01/2009
- Decided 06/23/2009
- Published 06/23/2009
Judges
- EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Dennis A. Dressler (argued), Christian J. Jorgensen, Dressler & Peters LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas B. Underwood, Attorney, Purcell & Wardrope, Barbara Gimbel, Holland & Knight, Joel D. Bertocchi, Hinshaw & Culbertson, David A. Baugh, Attorney, Baugh, Dalton, Carlson & Ryan, Chicago, IL, Robert A. Chapman, Attorney, Christopher C. Kendall, Attorney, Daniel Rozenstrauch, Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.