Opinion ID: 2110780
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Heading: The Hourani Defendants' Pending Motion to Dismiss Daiwa's Appeal

Text: The Hourani defendants then filed a motion to dismiss the appeal and suspend the briefing schedule (134 Ill.2d R. 361) based on the dismissal of the underlying complaint by the trial court on July 30, 1991, and Daiwa's removal of the Texas litigation on September 13,1991, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. We take judicial notice of a January 21, 1992, order issued by the Texas Federal court, which remanded the Texas litigation to the Texas State district court. We also take judicial notice of the recent Illinois appellate decision, Daiwa Bank, Ltd. v. La Salle National Trust, N.A. (1992), 229 Ill.App.3d 366, 170 Ill.Dec. 563, 593 N.E.2d 105, which reversed the trial court's order dismissing the complaint. Accordingly, the motion to dismiss Daiwa's appeal has been denied.