Northrop Corp. v. AIL Systems, Inc.

Plaintiff filed this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County striking its prayer for injunctive relief and denying its motion for preliminary injunction.

Plaintiff, Northrop Corporation (Northrop), is primarily engaged in the design, development and manufacture of defense electronics systems for use in high technology aircraft, such as the B-1B bomber. Defendants in this action are Eaton Corporation and AIL Systems, Inc. (AIL, collectively), Eatons’s wholly owned subsidiary. Northrop and AIL entered into a contract (the Agreement) in December 1980, which provided…