context: Matthys's estoppel argument is unpersuasive for a number of reasons. To begin, Matthys has not identified any case, post-Dormeyer, in which the Seventh Circuit has found equitable estoppel to be applicable in an FMLA interference case; and only a few District Courts in the Circuit have applied estoppel as to FMLA eligibility, an element which is not an issue here.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 533 F.3d 594, 599-600
citation_a.parenthetical: Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court decision that had found equitable estoppel to be applicable to negate an FMLA eligibility defense, concluding that it was not necessary for the lower court to apply equitable estoppel wherein a state law promissory estoppel or contract claim might have otherwise been applicable
citation_a.sentence: See also Peters v. Gilead Scis., Inc., 533 F.3d 594, 599-600 (7th Cir.2008) (Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court decision that had found equitable estoppel to be applicable to negate an FMLA eligibility defense, concluding that it was not necessary for the lower court to apply equitable estoppel wherein a state law promissory estoppel or contract claim might have otherwise been applicable).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 2001 WL 290382, at *8
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that, although the Seventh Circuit had previously discussed potential applicability of estoppel to an FMLA claim, the Circuit had never actually applied it to any particular case
citation_b.sentence: See Niese, 2001 WL 290382 at *8 (noting that, although the Seventh Circuit had previously discussed potential applicability of estoppel to an FMLA claim, the Circuit had never actually applied it to any particular case).