Case Name: Kevin KASTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-10-15
Citations: 585 F.3d 310
Docket Number: No. 08-2820
Parties: Kevin KASTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER, FLAUM, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, EVANS WILLIAMS, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 585
Pages: 310–317

Head Matter:
Kevin KASTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 08-2820.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted July 13, 2009.
Decided Oct. 15, 2009.
James H. Raster, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Anthony J. Sievert, Whyte, Hirschboeek & Dudek S.C., Madison, WI, Thomas P. Godar, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendanb-Appellee.
Mary J. Rieser, Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.
Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER, FLAUM, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, EVANS WILLIAMS, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
On Petition for Rehearing En Banc
On consideration of the petition for rehearing with suggestion of rehearing en banc filed by the plaintiff-appellant and the answer of defendant-appellee, Judge Bauer and Judge Flaum, the two circuit judges on the original panel, voted to deny rehearing and a majority of the judges in active service voted to deny rehearing en banc.
The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
The third judge on the original panel, District Judge Frederick J. Kapala, did not participate in the petition for rehearing or the petition for rehearing en banc.