Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1952No. 10591PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, dismissing plaintiffs’ cause of action.
The complaint, filed on November 27, 1950, on behalf of Roland B. Hughes, Armin Eastman and Edward J. Frick, alleges that they, and each of them, are residents of the State of Illinois; that the defendant Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., is a New York corporation; that the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds the sum of $3000. It is then alleged that the plaintiffs are former employees of the…
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- Menke v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Sturgeon v. Great Lakes Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Andrews v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
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