54 Cited authorities

  1. Bond v. Utreras

    585 F.3d 1061 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 281 times
    Holding that "the public has a presumptive right to access discovery materials that are filed with the court, used in a judicial proceeding , or otherwise constitute ‘judicial records,’ " and noting that even discovery documents "used in a court proceeding" which "consequently ... could influence or underpin judicial decision" should be "presumptively open to public inspection unless they meet the definition of trade secret or other categories of bona fide long-term confidentiality"
  2. Mountain Top Condo. v. Dave Stabbert Master

    72 F.3d 361 (3d Cir. 1995)   Cited 280 times
    Holding beneficiaries' interest in fund sufficient to intervene in action brought by third parties seeking recovery against fund
  3. U.S. v. $23,000 in U.S. Currency

    356 F.3d 157 (1st Cir. 2004)   Cited 164 times
    Holding that a court can set aside a default judgment only in accordance with Rule 60(b)
  4. U.S. v. $38,000.00 in U.S. Currency

    816 F.2d 1538 (11th Cir. 1987)   Cited 242 times
    Holding that a possessory interest was sufficient to confer standing when the claimant asserted that he held the money as a bailee
  5. Mainstreet v. Calumet City

    505 F.3d 742 (7th Cir. 2007)   Cited 123 times
    Holding that plaintiffs' lawsuit was barred by the principle that "one cannot sue in federal court to enforce someone else's legal rights."
  6. Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Babbitt

    214 F.3d 941 (7th Cir. 2000)   Cited 151 times
    Denying Indian tribe's motion to intervene where intervention was not sought until "settlement was imminent"
  7. Aurora Loan Services, Inc. v. Craddieth

    442 F.3d 1018 (7th Cir. 2006)   Cited 120 times
    Holding that diversity jurisdiction was not destroyed by the intervention of a nondiverse party whose claims arose in the course of a foreclosure proceeding after it obtained the certificate of sale
  8. U.S. v. $100,348.00 in U.S. Currency

    354 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 112 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a forfeiture amount between 3 and 20 times greater than maximum fine would be unconstitutionally excessive
  9. Ligas ex Rel. v. Maram

    478 F.3d 771 (7th Cir. 2007)   Cited 102 times
    Denying a motion to intervene made by developmentally disabled adults who preferred institutionalization because the class was limited to those "who would not oppose community placement"
  10. DSI Associates LLC v. United States

    496 F.3d 175 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 98 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding in context of criminal forfeiture that remission proceeding was "non-judicial remedy"
  11. Rule 24 - Intervention

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 24   Cited 9,205 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Granting the right of intervention to qualifying persons "unless existing parties adequately represent" them
  12. Rule 69 - Execution

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 69   Cited 3,991 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Adopting state law for procedures to execute judgments and obtain relevant discovery
  13. Section 981 - Civil forfeiture

    18 U.S.C. § 981   Cited 3,736 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Adopting 19 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq.
  14. Section 983 - General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings

    18 U.S.C. § 983   Cited 2,801 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Noting that for purposes of the innocent owner defense to civil forfeiture, "no person may assert an ownership interest under this subsection in contraband or other property that it is illegal to possess"
  15. Section 1963 - Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts

    28 U.S.C. § 1963   Cited 943 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Providing for registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
  16. Section 735 ILCS 5/2-1402 - Citations to discover assets

    735 ILCS 5/2-1402   Cited 460 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing Illinois procedure for enforcing a judgment
  17. Section 735 ILCS 5/12-111 - When binding on personalty

    735 ILCS 5/12-111   Cited 9 times

    No judgment shall bind the goods and chattels of the person against whom it is entered, until a certified copy thereof is delivered to the sheriff or other proper officer to be served; and for the better manifestation of the time, the sheriff or other officer shall, on receipt of such certified copy, indorse upon the back thereof the day of the month and year and hour when he or she received the same. 735 ILCS 5/12-111 P.A. 82-280.

  18. Section 987 - Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection

    18 U.S.C. § 987   Cited 2 times

    (a) RIGHT TO CONTEST.-An owner of property that is confiscated under any provision of law relating to the confiscation of assets of suspected international terrorists, may contest that confiscation by filing a claim in the manner set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims), and asserting as an affirmative defense that- (1) the property is not subject to confiscation under such provision of law; or (2) the innocent owner provisions