COTHRON v. WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.

(Docket No. 128004).

216 N.E.3d 918 (2023)

2023 IL 128004

Latrina COTHRON, Appellee, v. WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa A. Siebert and Erin Bolan Hines , of Cozen O'Connor, of Chicago, for appellant.

Ryan F. Stephan , James B. Zouras , Andrew C. Ficzko , and Teresa M. Becvar , of Stephan Zouras, LLP, of Chicago, for appellee.

Nadine C. Abrahams , Jody Kahn Mason , Jason A. Selvey , and Jeffrey L. Rudd , of Jackson Lewis P.C., of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Manufacturers' Association et al.

Gretchen M. Wolf , Amy Van Gelder , William Ridgway , and Gail E. Lee , of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of Chicago, Meredith C. Slawe and Michael W. McTigue Jr. , of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of New York, New York, and Angelo I. Amador , Deborah R. White , and Stephanie A. Martz , all of Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Restaurant Law Center et al.

Michael A. Scodro , Matthew D. Provance , and Jed W. Glickstein , of Mayer Brown LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Chamber of Commerce et al.

Randall D. Schmidt , of Edwin F. Mandel , Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law School, of Chicago, and Jeffrey R. White , of the American Association for Justice, of Washington, D.C., amici curiae.

Catherine Simmons-Gill , of Offices of Catherine Simmons-Gill, LLC, and Chiquita L. Hall-Jackson , of Hall-Jackson & Associates, PC, both of Chicago, for amici curiae NELA/Illinois et al.

Megan Iorio (pro hac vice) and Sara Geoghegan , of Electronic Privacy Information Center, of Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.


OPINION

¶ 1 This case requires us to construe section 15(b) and 15(d) of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Act) (740 ILCS 14/15(b), (d) (West 2018)) in an action alleging that an employer violated the Act when it repeatedly collected fingerprints from an employee...

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