Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 31, 1979No. 69 C 2573PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
This suit alleging fraud, breach of confidential relation, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment, is by Peter M. Roberts, a former employee, against the Sears, Roebuck Company, his former employer, for damages and rescission of a contract by which he assigned all his rights, including patents, to a quick release device for socket wrenches. A second amended complaint invoked the jurisdiction of this court on the ground that the parties are of diverse citizenship, and that the requisite jurisdictional amount is involved. Plaintiff prayed for…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Briggs v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ex Parte Sibbald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Anne P. Kozar, Administratrix of the Estate of John P. Kozar, Deceased v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Peter M. Roberts v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Darling v. Standard Alaska Production Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1991
- MacOn-bibb County Water & Sewerage Authority v. Tuttle/White Constructors, Inc.District Court, M.D. Georgia · 1981
- Arguelles v. RidgewayColorado Court of Appeals · 1991
- Farkas v. HowardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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