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Hecny Transportation, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. George Chu, and Daisy Chu, Platinum International Logistics, Inc., and Wilfredo Jamilosa

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 31, 2005No. 05-1273, 05-1399PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Hecny Transportation, based in Hong Kong, operates a worldwide shipping network. Between 1989 and 1998 George Chu was the manager of Hecny’s operations in Chicago. Hecny conducted an audit after he left and concluded that he had used Hecny’s assets and personnel to operate his own ventures out of the Chicago station. This suit under the diversity jurisdiction charges George Chu with a breach of his fiduciary obligations and several related torts, plus breach of contract. To simplify the exposition we ignore the additional defendants.

Hecny’s complaint charges Chu…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Savor, Inc. v. FMR Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 2002
  2. Dennis Anderson v. Gilberto Romero and Arthur DouglasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. Esmark, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  4. Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. The Pepper Source, Caribe Crown, Inc., Gerald Marchese Doing Business as Jamar CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  5. Hystro Products, Inc. v. Mnp CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by52 opinions

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  3. SKF USA, INC. v. BjerknessDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
  4. Montel Aetnastak, Inc. v. MiessenDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2014
  5. Mission Measurement Corp. v. Blackbaud, Inc.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 2017

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