Legal Opinion
Lovejoy Electronics, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Gerald N. O'berto, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1989No. 87-2068, 88-1194 and 88-1269PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a dispute between an inventor and a family-owned corporation that makes electronic equipment. Federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, and the parties agree that Illinois law governs the substantive (and, as it turns out, one of the procedural) issues.
Gerald O’Berto began to work for Love-joy Electronics in 1969. He never had a formal employment agreement, but by 1977 the company was styling him a “vice president” in its internal documents and authorizing him to so represent himself to customers and suppliers, although the firm…
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