Legal Opinion
James R. Murray v. Abt Associates Inc. And Walter R. Stellwagen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1994No. 93-3096PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In March 1988 James Murray was unemployed, having been released from his former position as Associate Director of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Murray opened negotiations with Abt Associates, which like NORC conducts survey research. Murray specializes in large-scale surveys for units of government; Abt wanted to enter that segment of the business. Murray proposed that Abt create and fund a subsidiary (Scientific Surveys, Inc., or SSI) to carry on these surveys. He envisaged that he and three former colleagues — Martin Frankel, Calvin Jones, and Mary…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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