United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit over injuries suffered in an airline accident, defendants' petition for review is denied where the court did not overlook an argument of defendant, but declined to discuss it because it represented a weaker theory than the one the court relied upon to decide the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2007
• Published 06/27/2007

Judges

• Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David E. Rapoport (argued), Rapoport Law Offices, William J. Jovan, Nolan Law Group, Antonio M. Romanucci, Romanucci & Blandin, Carlton E. Odim, Shestokas, Raines, Odim & Malavia, Daniel Rose, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William T. Cahill, Perkins Coie, Alan L. Farkas (argued), Madsen, Farkas & Powen, Alan J. Brinkmeier, Merlo, Kanofsky & Brinkmeier, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey J. Ellis (argued), New York City, for Defendants-Appellees.