Legal Opinion
McGrath v. Zenith Radio Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 1981No. 79-1361PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
This case arises out of the July' 1972 acquisition by Zenith Radio Corporation (Zenith or Zenith Radio) of the H. R. Bas-ford Company (Basford), an electronic products wholesaler, and the November 1972 firing of plaintiff, Robert E. McGrath, Bas-ford’s vice-president. Alleging breach of contract, fraud, and violations of the securities laws, McGrath argued in the district court that his termination was wrongful because defendants had failed to fulfill a promise to appoint him president of the Zenith subsidiary upon the retirement of the then-current top executive. A…
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