7th Circuit Reverses Anti-Suit Injunction In Suits Over Pay At Jimmy John’s

Mealey's (December 18, 2017, 9:23 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Calling an anti-suit injunction an “extraordinary” form of relief, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 14 found that a district court erred in providing that relief to a sandwich shop franchisor that is being sued in three consolidated suits seeking wages, in parallel wage cases where the franchisor is not named as a defendant and claims are brought only against the franchisees (In re:  Jimmy John’s Overtime Litigation, No. 17-1655, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25282)....