COTHRON v. WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.

No. 20-3202.

20 F.4th 1156 (2021)

Latrina COTHRON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa M. Becvar , Andrew C. Ficzko , Ryan F. Stephan , James B. Zouras , Attorneys, Stephan Zouras, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa A. Siebert , Erin Bolan Hines , William F. Northrip , Attorneys, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Meredith C. Slawe , Attorney, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Amici Curiae Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Restaurant Law Center.

Debra Rae Bernard , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL, Sopen B. Shah , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, for Amicus Curiae LeadingAge Illinois.

Jed Wolf Glickstein , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Internet Association.

Randall D. Schmidt , Attorney, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae American Association for Justice.

Catherine Simmons-Gill , Attorney, Office of Catherine Simmons-Gill, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae NELA/Illinois.

Alan Butler , Attorney, Alan Butler , Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Before SYKES, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.


Latrina Cothron works as a manager at an Illinois White Castle hamburger restaurant where she must scan her fingerprint to access the restaurant's computer system. With each scan her fingerprint is collected and transmitted to a third-party vendor for authentication. Cothron alleges that White Castle did not obtain her written...

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