Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. G-07-0504.
March 22, 2010
ORDER
The Supreme Court granted certiorari today in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., No. 09-834, ___ S. Ct. ___, 2010 WL 128339 (Mar. 22, 2010), to answer the following question: "Is an oral complaint of a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act protected conduct under the anti-retaliation provision, 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3)?" See Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Kasten, No. 09-834, 2010 WL 146471 (Jan. 12, 2010). The parties are ordered to include a discussion of the possible impact of this certiorari grant in any post-trial briefing they file with the court.
The opinion below is Kasten v. St-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 570 F.3d 834 (7th Cir. 2009), reh'g en banc denied, 585 F.3d 310 (7th Cir. 2009).