KING v. ACOSTA SALES AND MARKETING, INC.

No. 11-3617.

678 F.3d 470 (2012)

Susan A. KING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACOSTA SALES AND MARKETING, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas F. Esposito (argued), Attorney, Esposito & Staubus, Burr Ridge, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bennett L. Epstein, I , Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, John Richard Hamilton (argued), Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

James M. Tucker (argued), Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Acosta Sales and Marketing is a food broker, which represents producers that seek to sell to supermarkets and other bulk purchasers. In 2001 Acosta's midwest operation hired Susan King as one of its business managers—a term that Acosta uses for people who represent a group of producers. (McCormick & Co., which sells spices and spiced foods, was one of King's major clients.) After quitting in 2007, King charged Acosta with two kinds...

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