COTHRON v. WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.

No. 20-3202.

79 F.4th 894 (2023)

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 August 23, 2023.


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 , Attorneys, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, IL, Max E. Kaplan , Attorney, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Tamar S. Wise , Michael B. de Leeuw , Attorneys, Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Meredith C. Slawe , Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and 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, Kaplan & Grady, 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.


In December 2018 Latrina Cothron filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in Illinois state court against White Castle System, Inc., her employer. For many years Cothron has worked as a manager at one of White Castle's hamburger restaurants in Illinois; her suit accuses the company of violating the Illinois Biometric Information...

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