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OPINION STARK, U.S. District Judge: Presently before the Court is Defendants Cook Group Incorporated (“CGI”) and Cook Medical LLC’s (“Cook Medical”) (collectively, “Defendants” or “Cook”) motion to dismiss for improper venue or, alternatively, to transfer venue in fight of the Supreme Court’s decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 1514, 197 L.Ed.2d 816 (

208 F.Supp.2d 874 (2002) COOK INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Defendant. No. 01 C 9479. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. June 26, 2002. *875 *876 Frederick J. Sperling, Ronald Wilder, John A. Bannon, Kathryn Diane Zalewski, Schiff, Hardi

320 Ga. 567 FINAL COPY S24A1094. COOK-ROSE et al. v. WAFFLE HOUSE, INC. et al. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. This appeal is about whether a trial court’s order could be immediately appealed or only after securing a certificate of immediate review from the trial court. After the plaintiffs in this case voluntarily dismissed their first suit and then filed a renewal action, the trial court awarded attorneys’ fees to the defendants in the dismissed action. The plaintiffs appeale

SYKES, Circuit Judge. Daniel Avila alleges that CitiMortgage, Inc., violated a fiduciary duty and breached its mortgage agreement with him by using the payout from his homeowner’s insurance policy to pay down his loan rather than repair his damaged house. The district court dismissed Avila’s suit — a proposed class action — for failure to state a claim, reasoning that (1) his alle

HANS J. LILJEBERG, Judge. UOn November 8, 2011, plaintiffs, surviving spouse and children of Catherine Cook, filed a survival and wrongful death action, seeking damages against multiple defendants, including the insurers of Hunt *732Tool Company, American Employers Insurance Company, now part of One Beacon America Insurance Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty

786 N.W.2d 291 (2010) Lance J. JOHNSON, Respondent, v. COOK COUNTY, Appellant. No. A08-1501. Supreme Court of Minnesota. July 29, 2010. Roy J. Christensen, Johnson, Killen & Seiler, P.A., Duluth, MN, for respondent. *292 Paul D. Reuvers, Susan M. Tindal, Iverson Reuvers, Bloomington, MN, for appellant. Susan L.

664 F.3d 627 (2011) Angel RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 11-1401. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Submitted November 30, 2011. Decided December 15, 2011. *629 Angel Rodriguez (submitted), Chicago, IL, pro se. Thomas Cargie, Attor

273 F.Supp.2d 1175 (2003) Merilyn COOK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendants. No. CIV.A. 90-K-181. United States District Court, D. Colorado. July 24, 2003. *1176 *1177 *1178 Daniel R. Satriana,

996 F.Supp. 889 (1998) Donald James GRALIKE, Plaintiff, v. Rebecca McDowell COOK, Defendant. No. 96-4417-CV-C-9. United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Central Division. January 15, 1998. *890 *891 *892 Arthur A. Benson, II, Gregg F. Lombardi, Arthur

RALPH J. ERICKSTAD, Surrogate Judge.1 Alfred Hansen, his wife, Mary Hansen, his sons, Doug Hansen and Dwight Hansen, and the Hansen Ranch (the Hansens) appeal from a judgment entered against them by the District Court for Dunn County. We reverse all but that part of the judgment to which the parties stipulated, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. S

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation and breach of contract, the plaintiffs appeal from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Henry, J.), dated March 20, 2003, which denied their motion for leave to renew and reargue their motion for leave to amend the complaint, which was denied in an order dated September 23, 2002, and (2) an order of the same court dated March 21, 2003, which granted the defendants’ motion for summar

KANNE, Circuit Judge. This diversity ease comes to us after entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. I. Background Abstract & Title Guaranty (ATG) provided services in connection with real estate transactions. It obtained an errors and omissions po

PER CURIAM: This is an appeal from judgments in two consolidated cases. In the first case, Cook Industries, Inc. (Cook) sued Community Grain, Inc. (Community) for breach of a contract involving the purchase of grain which Community allegedly failed to deliver. Also in the first case, Cook sued Community’s President, Bill Waldrep, claiming breach of fiduciary duty to creditors

684 N.E.2d 970 (1997) 292 Ill. App.3d 1 225 Ill.Dec. 979 COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS STATE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, Respondents. No. 1-96-1235. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division. September 2, 1997.

FIRST DIVISION SEPTEMBER 2, 1997 No. 1-96-1235 COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY, ) PETITION FOR REVIEW ) OF AN ORDER OF THE

BEAM, Circuit Judge. Edward and Agnes Houlihan (the Houli-hans) brought this diversity action against their broker, Offerman & Company, Incorporated (Offerman), alleging various state-law claims relating to their investment losses. Offerman moved to compel arbitration and to stay discovery pursuant to the “Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement” contained in a brokerage account a

MANION, Circuit Judge. William and Rosemary Scott rented two apartments in a building which was the subject of a foreclosure action and a judicial sale. The Commerce Mortgage Corporation bought the property at the judicial sale and, pursuant to the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law, received a Writ of Assistance from the Circuit Court of Cook County directing the Cook County She

REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge. Hermene Hartman (“Hartman”), formerly a Vice Chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago (“City Colleges”), claims she was demoted from that position, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3), because of her objections to various forms of improper behavior on the part of her superiors. The district court granted summary judgment for defendant

SETH, Circuit Judge. This is a companion case to Bushman Construction Co. v. Conner, 307 F.2d 888 (10th Cir.), and now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The trial' court granted motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment on behalf of the various defendants. Bu

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 164 This is an action upon two warehouse bonds: One *Page 166 given by the defendant, the Northern Trust Company, on the 1st day of August, 1919; the other given on the 1st day of August, 1921, by the defendants Hans Rothgarn, Martin Champion, E.F. Charlebois, E.J. Allen, and J.S.