BAUER v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC

No. 12-3036.

743 F.3d 221 (2014)

Brent BAUER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of The Susman Group, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Clubb Kauffman , Attorney, Ackerson Kauffman Fex, PC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Arthur T. Susman , Attorney, Susman, Heffner & Hurst, Chicago, IL, for Appellants.

Michael B. Carroll , Attorney, Christopher J. Koenigs , Attorney, Sherman & Howard LLC, Denver, CO, John F. Daum , Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Kevin B. Duff , Attorney, Rachlis, Duff, Adler & Peel LLC, Richard M. Waris , Attorney, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, J. Emmett Logan , Attorney, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Kansas City, MO, Joseph E. Jones , Attorney, Fraser Stryker, Omaha, NE, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

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