FMC CORP. v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

No. 89-2599.

915 F.2d 300 (1990)

FMC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Cari, Jr., Michael T. Trucco, Peter J. Wifler, Brian L. Crowe, Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dale M. Cohen, Samuel Fifer, Jeffrey P. Lennard, Richard Chessen, Duane C. Quaini, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

FMC Corporation brought suit against Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. for conversion and for misappropriation of its business information in connection with ABC's refusal to return copies of the FMC documents ABC had in its possession. The district court dismissed FMC's claims. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. FACTS

The facts of this case are, we hope, unique. On October 20, 1988, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. ("ABC"), broadcast...

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