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SYNFUEL TECHNOLOGIES v. DHL EXPRESS (USA)

No. 05-1450, 05-1596, 05-2914, 05-3022.

463 F.3d 646 (2006)

SYNFUEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC., Defendant-Appellee, Appeals of: Kearney D. Hutsler, P.C., et al., Joel M. Shapiro, and W. Andrew Hoffman, et al., Objectors-Appellants, and Cross-Appeal of: Korein Tillery, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Katz (argued), Douglas R. Sprong, Korein Tillery, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey P. Lennard, Mark L. Hanover (argued), Leah R. Bruno, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

John J. Pentz, Maynard, MA, Kearney D. Hutsler, III (argued), Birmingham, AL, for Appellant, Joel M. Shapiro.

Robert J. Stein, III, Stein Bogot, Chicago, IL, Kearney D. Hutsler, III, Birmingham, AL, for Appellant, Kearney Dee Hutsler.

W. Jeffrey Muskopf, Freeark, Harvey, Mendillo. Dennis, Wuller & Cain, Belleville, IL, Edward W. Cochran (argued), Shaker Heights, OH, for Appellants, W. Andrew Hoffman, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, Professional Asset Strategies, Inc., Asset Strategies, Inc. and N. Albert Bacharach, Jr.

Steven A. Katz (argued), Korein Tillery, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant, Korein Tillery.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Airborne Express, Inc. (now known as DHL Express (USA), Inc., but referred to as "Airborne" throughout this opinion) is in the business of delivering packages. In 2002, Synfuel Technologies, Inc., filed this lawsuit on behalf of itself and other Airborne customers claiming that the shipper's practice of charging customers a five pound default rate if they failed to identify the weight of their package violated federal common law. After the district...

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