Legal Opinion
Werner Frank and Werner Frank Enterprises, Inc. v. Hadesman and Frank, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 1996No. 95-3791PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Since 1980 Herbert Hadesman has sold gift wear and related items from space in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Hadesman and Werner Frank are the principal shareholders in Hadesman & Frank, Inc., a corporation formed to conduct the trade. Today Hadesman and Frank are enemies. In this suit xmder the diversity jurisdiction Frank accuses Hadesman of making off with the corporation’s business, effectively transferring it to a new firm, Hadesman & Associates, Inc., from which Frank has been excluded.
The district judge immediately detected a jurisdictional problem: Frank’s…
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