United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of antitrust and RICO suit is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not show injuries that reflect the anticompetitive effect of either the violation or the anticompetitive acts made possible by the violation; and 2) bid-riggers did not exercise sufficient control over the Wisconsin Dep't of Transp. to support plaintiff's RICO claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/01/2006
• Decided 06/28/2006
• Published 06/28/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew J. Flynn (argued), Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew W. Erlandson (argued), Hurley, Burish & Milliken, Madison, WI, Michael B. Apfeld (argued), Daniel T. Flaherty, Godfrey & Kahn, Kathryn A. Keppel, Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.