United States Seventh Circuit

Under the filed-rate doctrine, the federal court lacks jurisdiction over inmate and inmate family member claims challenging phone tariffs imposed by prisons and jails on collect-call telephone service providers who contract to provide inmate telephone service.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2000
• Decided 03/19/2001
• Published 03/19/2001

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen G. Seliger (argued), Seliger, Elkin & Dolan, James G. Bradtke, Soule & Bradtke, Chicago, IL, Michael E. Deutsch, Center For Constitutional Rights, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erik G. Light, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Paul A. Castiglione (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Charles H.R. Peters (argued), Roger Pascal, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Leslie M. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Ross B. Bricker, Jenner & Block, Gary Senner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Thomas F. Downing, Office of the State's Attorney of DuPage County, Wheaton, IL, Patricia J. Lord, Kane County States Attorney, Geneva, IL, Jay M. Vogelson, Stutzman & Bromberg, Dallas, TX, for defendants-appellees.