Legal Opinion
McDonald's Corp. v. Levine
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 24, 1982No. 81-151PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lindberg
This is an appeal from the dismissal by the circuit court of Du Page County of a six-count complaint brought by McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald’s) and two of its employees, Noel Kaplan and Dean Canterbury. Plaintiffs sought damages from William S. Levine, Gene Himmelstein, and Stephen Haberkorn, McDonald’s franchisees in Arizona and their Illinois attorney, W. Yale Matheson for violation of the Illinois eavesdropping act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 14 — 1 et seq.).
Plaintiffs allege they discovered the eavesdropping and theft of documents from McDonald’s corporate offices in March…
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- In the Matter of Carl Walsh, a Witness Before the Special September 1978 Grand Jury. Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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