Legal Opinion
Kenneth E. Wilcox v. Niagara of Wisconsin Paper Corporation and Elmer Beale
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1992No. 91-2407PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHADUR, District Judge.
Kenneth Wilcox (“Wilcox”) brought this wrongful discharge action against his former employer Niagara of Wisconsin Paper Corporation (“Niagara”) and against Niagara’s Elmer Beale (“Beale”), claiming that Wilcox’s discharge violated Wisconsin public policy. He charged Niagara with breach of his employment contract and Beale with tortious interference with his contractual rights in that respect. Although it is somewhat problematic to treat the ensuing Niagara-Beale motion as one for summary judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 56 (a subject explored in the first section of…
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