Legal Opinion
Robert Phason v. Meridian Rail Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2007No. 06-2842PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
On the last day of 2003, Meridian Rail Corp. notified its staff that it was closing its operations in Chicago Heights, Illinois, effective immediately, and invited them to apply for jobs with NAE Nortrak, Inc., which had agreed to buy the assets. Nort-rak itself had issued such an invitation in mid-December, when Nortrak and Meridian shook hands on the deal. For reasons that this record does not illuminate, however, the transaction did not close until January 8, 2004, after Meridian had severed all ties to the former workers.
That delay precipitated this suit under the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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