For those of you unfamiliar with this case, check out my guest post that appeared on May It Please The Court just after Judge St. Eve ruled last year on Craigslist's motion for judgment on the pleadings. After the court denied plaintiff's subsequent motion to reconsider, plaintiff appealed, and for the last six months the Seventh Circuit has suspended briefing, presumably to allow for a negotiated resolution.
Apparently a quick settlement isn't in the cards. Late last week the Court of Appeals jump-started the case by issuing a briefing schedule. Appellant Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.'s ("CLC") brief is due October 9, Appellee Craigslist's brief is due November 20, and CLC's reply brief is due December 7, 2007.
It will be interesting to see how the the Ninth Circuit's Roommate.com decision figures in to the parties' briefs.
Rule 11 sanctions are the only appropriate response to the Lawyers Committee's actions in this case.
ReplyDeleteThere is no genuine issue of law.