Cox, Ralph M. v. Zale Delaware Inc

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 99-4239 Ralph M. Cox, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Zale Delaware, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 99 C 1670--Elaine E. Bucklo, Judge. Argued September 12, 2000--Decided February 8, 2001 Before Posner, Coffey, and Manion, Circuit Judges. Posner, Circuit Judge. A large class-action suit has grown out of a tiny acorn of a dispute. In 1993 Ralph Cox filed a voluntary petition for…