United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment was improperly entered for defendant on former employees' Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act claim. A question of fact exists as to whether the business conditions that caused defendant to close its facility, most notably three adverse actions taken by the USDA, were foreseeable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2004
• Decided 03/25/2004
• Published 03/25/2004

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jorge Sanchez (argued), Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julie Gottshall (argued), Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee