1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 55 F.3d
  5. 55 F.3d 269 (1995)
 

CHAMP v. SIEGEL TRADING CO. INC.

Nos. 94-1619, 94-1631 and 94-1795.

55 F.3d 269 (1995)

Alvin CHAMP and Esther Perera, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Mal Yerasi and Stephen B. Geer, Intervenors-Appellees, Cross-Intervenors/Appellants, v. The SIEGEL TRADING COMPANY, INC., Howard Siegel and Frank Mazza, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Freed, Ellyn M. Lansing, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg & Ament, Terry Rose Saunders, Arthur T. Susman, Robert E. Williams (argued), Terrence Buehler, Susman, Buehler & Watkins, Chicago, IL, Don Lolli, Beckett & Steinkamp, Kansas City, MO, James A. McGurk, Dennis A. Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Alvin Champ in No. 94-1619.

Terry Rose Saunders, Arthur T. Susman, Robert E. Williams, Terrence Buehler, James A. McGurk, Dennis Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Esther Perera in No. 94-1619.

John W. Cooley, Evanston, IL (argued), Lane M. Gensburg, Dale, Jacobs & Gensburg, Chicago, IL, for Howard Siegel in No. 94-1619.

Marvin A. Miller, Patrick E. Cafferty, Miller, Faucher, Cherlow, Cafferty & Wexler, Chicago, IL, for Mal Yerasi and Stephen B. Geer, in No. 94-1619.

Michael J. Freed, Ellyn M. Lansing, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg & Ament, Gary Sinclair, James A. McGurk, Dennis A. Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Alvin Champ in No. 94-1631.

Gary Sinclair, James A. McGurk, Dennis A. Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Esther Perera in No. 94-1631.

Steven J. Roeder, Hedlund & Hanley, Chicago, IL, John W. Cooley (argued), Evanston, IL, Thomas F. Burke, Chicago, IL, for Siegel Trading Co., Inc. and Frank Mazza in No. 94-1631.

Robert E. Williams, Susman, Buehler & Watkins, Chicago, IL (argued), Marvin A. Miller, Patrick E. Cafferty, Miller, Faucher, Cherlow, Cafferty & Wexler, Chicago, IL, for Stephen B. Geer and Mal Yerasi, in No. 94-1631.

Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg & Ament, Marvin A. Miller, Patrick E. Cafferty, Miller, Faucher, Cherlow, Cafferty & Wexler, Chicago, IL, for Alvin Champ in No. 94-1795.

Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg & Ament, Marvin A. Miller, Miller, Faucher, Cherlow, Cafferty & Wexler, Chicago, IL, for Esther Perera, in No. 94-1795.

Steven J. Roeder, Hedlund & Hanley, Chicago, IL, for Frank Mazza and Siegel Trading Co., Inc. in No. 94-1795.

John W. Cooley, Evanston, IL (argued), Lane M. Gensburg, Dale, Jacobs & Gensburg, Chicago, IL, for Howard Siegel in No. 94-1795.

Terry Rose Saunders, Arthur T. Susman, Robert E. Williams (argued), Terrence Buehler, Susman, Buehler & Watkins, James A. McGurk, Dennis A. Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Mal Yerasi in No. 94-1795.

Terry Rose Saunders, Robert E. Williams, Terrence Buehler, James A. McGurk and Dennis Bell, McConnell & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Stephen B. Geer, in No. 94-1795.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

The first time we encountered this case we concluded that at that stage it was an unappealable interlocutory decision under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16. After further proceedings in the district court, we now have before us the question of whether a district court has authority to certify an individual plaintiff as a class representative of other similarly aggrieved parties whose claims are subject to arbitration...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases