United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant in a suit under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act from suing the plaintiff in state court for advancement of legal fees pursuant to the parties' employment contract is affirmed where: 1) the suit was not a collateral attack on a previous ruling; 2) the forum was proper; and 3) the suit did not trigger an exception to the rule against enjoining litigation in state courts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/31/2006
• Decided 07/25/2006
• Published 07/25/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Don H. Reuben (argued), Kane, Carbonara & Mendoza, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald L. Marmer (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.