U.S. v. SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.

No. 18-1785.

924 F.3d 337 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard Sinzdak , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Erika Z. Jones , Matthew Waring , Attorneys, MAYER BROWN LLP, Washington, DC, Timothy L. Mullin, Jr. , Attorney, MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C., Baltimore, MD, Michele Odorizzi , Attorney, MAYER BROWN LLP, Chicago, IL, Eric John Wilson , Attorney, GODFREY & KAHN S.C., Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Manion and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


The district court found that Spectrum Brands, Inc. ("Spectrum") violated section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ("CPSA" or the "Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 2064(b)(3), when its subsidiary failed to timely report to the government a potentially hazardous defect in its Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffeemaker despite...

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