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BURKE v. PITTWAY CORP.

No. 77-313.

63 Ill. App.3d 354 (1978)

380 N.E.2d 1

HAROLD BURKE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PITTWAY CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing September 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clemens Hufmann, Robert J. Rohrback, Timothy J. Vezeau, and Ronald B. Coolley, all of Chicago (Mason, Kolehmainen, Rathburn & Wyss, of counsel), for appellants.

J. William Hayton and James B. Moran, both of Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, of Chicago (Fish & Richardson, of Boston, Massachusetts, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking to recover damages resulting from defendant Pittway's failure to perform an agreement entered into by the parties. The trial court granted Pittway's motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the case arose under Federal patent law and, therefore, was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal...

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