Summary
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied rehearing and rehearing en banc in an appeal involving Tanya V. Svoboda and Antonella M. Ortiz Colosi against Amazon.com and Amazon.com Services, LLC. The court stated that it had amended its December 17, 2025 opinion to clarify that the district court could, upon a finding of liability, award damages on a classwide basis using a common per-scan assessment.
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Questions Presented
- Whether rehearing should be granted.
- Whether rehearing en banc should be granted.
Key quotations
“The district court was also on solid ground in observing that it retained discretion on a finding of liability to award damages on a classwide basis by, for example, assessing the amount of damages on a common per-scan basis.” (Page 2)
Factual background
The order does not discuss the underlying factual allegations or merits record. It states only that the case arose from an appeal from the Northern District of Illinois and that the Seventh Circuit amended its prior opinion to add language concerning the district court's discretion to award classwide damages after a finding of liability.
Procedural history
The appeal came from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in case number 1:21-cv-05336. After the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion on December 17, 2025, the defendants sought rehearing and rehearing en banc. No active judge requested a vote on rehearing en banc, all original-panel members voted to deny rehearing and issue an amended opinion, and the court denied the petitions.