Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc. - Court Opinion
Summary
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied Amazon.com Inc.'s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in the case Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc. The court amended its prior opinion, clarifying the district court's discretion to award damages on a classwide basis.
What changed
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Amazon.com Inc.'s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in the case Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc., docket number 25-1361. The court amended its previous opinion dated December 17, 2025, by adding language on page 17. This addition clarifies that the district court retained discretion to award damages on a classwide basis, for example, by assessing damages on a common per-scan basis.
This order signifies the final disposition of Amazon's petition for rehearing. While the amendment clarifies a point regarding damages assessment, it does not introduce new compliance obligations or deadlines for regulated entities. The primary implication is for the parties involved in this specific litigation, confirming the appellate court's decision and the district court's potential latitude in awarding damages.
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Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Docket Number: 25-1361
Combined Opinion
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
March 6, 2026
Before
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge
DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge
MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge
No. 25-1361
TANYA V. SVOBODA AND ANTONELLA M. Appeal from the United States District
ORTIZ COLOSI, Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Eastern Division.
v. No. 1:21-cv-05336
AMAZON.COM AND AMAZON.COM Jorge L. Alonso,
SERVICES, LLC, Judge.
Defendants-Appellants.
ORDER
On consideration of the petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, no judge 1
in active service requested a vote on the petition for rehearing en banc and all members
of the original panel have voted to deny rehearing and to issue an amended opinion.
We added the following language on page 17: “The district court was also on solid
ground in observing that it retained discretion on a finding of liability to award
1
Judge St. Eve, Judge Lee, and Judge Kolar did not participate in the consideration of this
petition.
No. 25-1361 Page 2
damages on a classwide basis by, for example, assessing the amount of damages on a
common per-scan basis.” The court’s opinion dated December 17, 2025, is amended in a
separately filed opinion released today.
It is, therefore, ORDERED that rehearing and rehearing en banc are DENIED.
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