Legal Opinion
Sarnoff v. American Home Products Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 29, 1987No. 83 C 0647PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.
Plaintiff Norton Sarnoff brought this action against defendant American Home Products Corporation seeking to recover a contingent stock award allegedly due him through his participation in a Management Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) while employed by E-Z Por, a subsidiary of defendant. Defendant disqualified plaintiff from receiving his award on the basis that plaintiff had entered into a business in competition with defendant after leaving defendant’s employ, in violation of a covenant not to compete.
The Plan is administered by an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Norton Sarnoff and Carl Fletcher, and v. American Home Products Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Henry A. Gehrhardt v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Elton D. Marsh v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., and Western Greyhound Pension Trust, Defendants,h Western Greyhound Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Parenti v. Wytmar & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- Albert E. Cinelli v. American Home Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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