POPE v. CHRONICLE PUB. CO.

No. 95-2204.

95 F.3d 607 (1996)

Ronald R. POPE and Serendipity: Russian Consulting & Development, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a "The Pantagraph," Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff (argued), Peoria, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mark Sableman (argued), Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, Thomas N. Jacob, Bloomington, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

With the best of intentions, Ronald Pope embarked on a mission to assist the former Soviet Union in its difficult transition from a planned economy to a market economy. He formed a corporation, Serendipity: Russian Consulting & Development, Ltd. ("Serendipity"), that would, through a combination of philanthropy and old-fashioned Yankee entrepreneurialism, begin these efforts with the construction of the "First American Home in Russia...

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