13 Cited authorities

  1. General Elect. Capital v. Lease Resolution

    128 F.3d 1074 (7th Cir. 1997)   Cited 1,527 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that constructive fraudulent transfer pleadings complied with Rule 9(b) where the complaint alleged that the transferor did not receive reasonably equivalent value and that the transfers "rendered [the transferor] insolvent and effectively precluded" it from paying its debts
  2. U.S. v. Jones

    29 F.3d 1549 (11th Cir. 1994)   Cited 603 times
    Holding district court could not properly take judicial notice of findings of another court establishing nature of salary dispute in question
  3. Quaker Alloy Casting v. Gulfco Industries, Inc.

    123 F.R.D. 282 (N.D. Ill. 1988)   Cited 453 times
    Determining that a motion to reconsider two conclusions drawn in an opinion reflected "a fundamental misunderstanding of the limited appropriateness of motions for reconsideration"
  4. Cofield v. Ala. Public Service Com'n

    936 F.2d 512 (11th Cir. 1991)   Cited 282 times
    Holding that a statement of fact that appears in a daily newspaper does not of itself establish that the stated fact is "capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned"
  5. Vernon v. Schuster

    179 Ill. 2d 338 (Ill. 1997)   Cited 211 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting possibility of successor liability based on sole-proprietor-follows-sole-proprietor
  6. Hennessy v. Penril Datacomm Networks, Inc.

    69 F.3d 1344 (7th Cir. 1995)   Cited 221 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Landgraf does not prohibit the jury from hearing about pre-Act conduct which provides context and background
  7. Doss v. Clearwater Title

    551 F.3d 634 (7th Cir. 2008)   Cited 119 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that exception to hearsay rule for statements in documents affecting an interest in property did not justify taking judicial notice of deed on Rule 12(b) motion where the plaintiff alleged the deed was forged
  8. Van Dorn Co. v. Future Chemical and Oil Corp.

    753 F.2d 565 (7th Cir. 1985)   Cited 184 times
    Identifying factors relevant to the "unity of interest and ownership" test
  9. Arch Aluminum v. Haney

    964 So. 2d 228 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 30 times
    Finding no personal jurisdiction where neither the conspiracy nor the underlying tort occurred in Florida
  10. GMAC, LLC v. Hillquist

    652 F. Supp. 2d 908 (N.D. Ill. 2009)   Cited 16 times

    Case No. 06 C 03619. August 19, 2009 Gregory Lawrence Lacey, Sarah Angela Smith, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff. Jason H. Rock, Barrick Switzer Long Balsley Van Evera, LLP, Rockford, IL, Jack C. Slingerland, Slingerland Associates, Micki Jo Kennedy, Gallagher and Slingerland, Sycamore, IL, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER P. MAHONEY, Magistrate Judge I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, GMAC, LLC, has filed a six-count, sixth amended complaint against defendants, Einer Hillquist

  11. Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

    Fed. R. Evid. 201   Cited 28,507 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."