Legal Opinion
Bilut v. Northwestern University
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 30, 1994No. 1-93-0248PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rizzi
Plaintiff, Marilyn Bilut, by her complaint alleged that defendant, Northwestern University, breached its contract with her when it did not award her a Ph.D. degree. In count I of her complaint, plaintiff sought specific performance. In count II, she sought contract damages from defendant. Plaintiff later amended her complaint to add Professor Gerald Canter as a defendant and to include counts III and IV, which were claims for tortious interference with contract and punitive damages against him. The trial court found in favor of defendant on count I and transferred counts II, III and IV to the…
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