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LOVEJOY ELECTRONICS, INC. v. O'BERTO

Nos. 87-2068, 88-1194 and 88-1269.

873 F.2d 1001 (1989)

LOVEJOY ELECTRONICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Gerald N. O'BERTO, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Kane, Siegan, Barbakoff & Gomberg, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

H. Carl Runge, Jr., Runge & Gumbel, P.C., Collinsville, Ill., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WOOD, Jr., POSNER, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a dispute between an inventor and a family-owned corporation that makes electronic equipment. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, and the parties agree that Illinois law governs the substantive (and, as it turns out, one of the procedural) issues.

Gerald O'Berto began to work for Lovejoy Electronics in 1969. He never had a formal employment agreement...

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