Legal Opinion
Norton Sarnoff and Carl Fletcher, and v. American Home Products Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1986No. 85-1833, 85-1880, 85-2547 and 85-2576PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This breach of contract suit, brought in federal court under the diversity jurisdiction, pits Norton Samoff and Carl Fletcher against their former employer, American Home Products Corporation. Fletcher was dismissed from the case on jurisdictional grounds but Samoff obtained summary judgment, 607 F.Supp. 77 (N.D.Ill.1985), and later an award of attorney’s fees and an order directing American Home Products to issue him the shares of stock that he had sued for. Fletcher appeals from his dismissal and American Home Products from the award of stock and attorney’s fees to…
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