Schuppenhauer v. PEOPLE GAS LIGHT & COKE CO.

30 Ill. App.3d 607 (1975)

332 N.E.2d 583

WILLIAM E. SCHUPPENHAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 59663.

Illinois Appellate Court — First District (3rd Division).

July 3, 1975.

Roger Nelson, of Griffin, Guinan & Griffin, of Chicago, for appellant.

Karl Berolzheimer, of Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

In 1963 William Schuppenhauer filed an action for an accounting against the People Gas Light & Coke Company, for the company's use of cost-saving ideas allegedly disclosed by him in confidence 30 years…