PIZZO v. BEKIN VAN LINES CO.

No. 00-2750.

258 F.3d 629 (2001)

Josephine PIZZO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEKIN VAN LINES COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam B. Goodman (argued), Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Norman P. Jeddeloh (argued), Patti S. Levinson, Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey P. Smith, Engelman & Smith, Evanston, IL, Jeff Reznikoff, Sophie Reznikoff, Europa Home Furnishings, Morton Grove, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff sued the defendants under RICO, the Carmack Amendment, and Illinois consumer protection law and now appeals from the dismissal of her suit for failure to state a federal claim. As is customary, having dismissed the federal claims before trial the judge relinquished jurisdiction over the state claims (which we'll call Pizzo's "state-law fraud claim"), leaving the plaintiff free to refile them in state court.

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