United States Seventh Circuit

In a class action lawsuit concerning the wrongful installation of fiber-optics cables across landowners' property, a nationwide class certification is vacated where intervening parties' rights are inadequately represented by the settling plaintiffs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/20/2004
• Decided 10/19/2004
• Published 10/19/2004

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William T. Gotfryd (argued), Susman & Watkins, Chicago, IL, Donald K. Vowell (argued), Vowell & Associates, Knoxville, TN, for Intervenors-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Samuel D. Heins (argued), Heins, Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., J. Emmett Logan (argued), Stinson, Morrison & Hecker LLP, Kansas City, MO, Kevin B. Duff, Rachlis, Durham, Duff & Adler, Richard M. Waris, Pretzel & Stouffer Chartered, Chicago, IL, J. Kevin Hayes, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, OK, Joseph E. Jones, Fraser, Stryker Vaughn, Meusey, Olson, Boyer & Block, Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Gregory T. Wolf, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Overland Park, KS, for Defendants-Appellees.