Jacques L. Boulay v. Impell Corporation, a Foreign Corporation

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for breach of an employment contract removed from state to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Illinois substantive law controls. The employee, Jacques Boulay, alleged that his former employer, Impelí Corporation, deprived him of due process when it terminated him from his engineering job without corrective counseling or notice of probationary status in violation of its Human Resources Manual. The district court decided that the manual created no contractual right to progressive discipline, and Bou-lay appeals.

Impelí Corporation is an…