Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Westinghouse Hittman Nuclear Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 9, 1985No. 85 C 5333PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
John Alexander (“Alexander”) initially sued his former employer Westinghouse Hittman Nuclear Incorporated (“Westinghouse”) in the Circuit Court of Cook County, charging his firing was in retaliation for his having exercised rights under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (the “Act”), Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 48, 1HI 138.1 to 138.-30. 1 Westinghouse removed the action to this District Court on diversity of citizenship grounds (Alexander is an Illinois citizen, while Westinghouse is a citizen of both Delaware [its state of incorporation] and…
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