Legal Opinion · Dissent

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, and United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 30, 1978No. 77-1280Published

1DissentPell, Circuit Judge

Viewing as I do, the majority opinion in this case as an unwarranted, and unfortunate, extension of the Big Brother concept into legitimate privacy in the industrial field, I respectfully dissent. While I might have adopted minor differences of phraseology here and there in a dispositive opinion from that used by Judge Holder in his detailed Summary Judgment, those differences are so minimal, and his analysis and legal conclusions appear to me to be so eminently correct, I would adopt that judgment as the judgment of this court. Because Judge Holder’s Summary Judgment is not reported, and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Montship Lines, Limited v. Federal Maritime Board and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  4. United States of America and Albert J. Valentas, Internal Revenue Agent v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972

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