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SMART v. LOCAL 702 INTERN. BROTH. OF ELEC. WORKERS

No. 07-4088.

562 F.3d 798 (2009)

Ronald D. SMART, doing business as Paschall Electric, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCAL 702 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, Christopher N. Grant and Schuchat, Cook & Werner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Smart, Pittsburg, IL, pro se.

Marilyn Teitelbaum, Attorney, Schuchat, Cook & Werner, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Gerald E. Berendt, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Smart brought this action asserting state-law claims against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 702 ("IBEW"), its counsel, Christopher Grant, and Mr. Grant's law firm, Schuchat, Cook & Werner. The district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. We now affirm in part and reverse and remand in part the judgment of the district court.

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