Legal Opinion
Turek v. General Mills, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2011No. 10-3267PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed this diversity class action suit (which seeks damages and other relief for alleged violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505, and the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, 815 ILCS 510) for want of federal subject-matter jurisdiction, on the ground that the claims are barred by federal law. There are two initial puzzles. The first is why, although the plaintiffs complaint clearly and in great detail describes the suit as a class action suit, the district judge did not mention that…
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