Legal Opinion
Lewitton v. ITA Software, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 2009No. 08-3725PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Three months after Derek Lewitton stopped working for ITA Software, Inc. he attempted to exercise options to purchase 138,900 shares of ITA stock. According to Lewitton, those shares vested pursuant to his employment contract during his 25-month tenure with ITA. When ITA refused to allow Lewitton to purchase more than 34,722 shares, Lewitton filed this suit in Illinois state court claiming that ITA breached the employment contract. ITA removed the ease to federal court under diversity jurisdiction, and eventually Lewitton moved for summary judgment. The district court…
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