SHALES v. GENERAL CHAUFFEURS, SALES DRIVERS

No. 07-3342.

557 F.3d 746 (2009)

James D. SHALES, John Pavlak, and Tamara L. Smith, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL CHAUFFEURS, SALES DRIVERS AND HELPERS LOCAL UNION NO. 330, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of James Gordon Banks.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Banks, Romero & Banks, Roselle, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Patrick L. Provenzale (argued), Ekl Williams, Lisle, IL, Marvin Gittler, Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Kevin S. Besetzny (argued), Bevilacqua & Rzepczynski, Chicago, IL, James L. Deano, Deano & Scarry, Wheaton, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

After a contested union election, the losers sued the winners under a variety of theories, including racketeering. All aspects of the suit eventually were resolved in defendants' favor, because the plaintiffs could not prove what the complaint alleged. During discovery it became evident that many of the allegations were fanciful. One plaintiff, for example, contended that the successful candidate for president of the local union had intentionally...

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