RAO v. RAO

Nos. 82-1954, 82-1971.

718 F.2d 219 (1983)

C.R. Mohan RAO, M.D., S.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, Counterdefendant-Cross-Appellee, v. M. Hari Kishan RAO, M.D., Defendant-Appellee, Counterplaintiff-Cross-Appellant, v. C.R. Mohan RAO, M.D., Counterdefendant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, and Norman J. Lerum, Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, counter-defendant-cross-appellee.

Ronald Butler, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, counterplaintiff-cross-appellant.

Before PELL and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 21, 1983.

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The primary issue in this diversity case is whether, under Illinois law, an employer may dismiss an employee without good cause and in bad faith and then enforce a restrictive covenant severely limiting the scope of the employee's professional practice. The secondary issue is whether an employee, who asserts that he is owed money under an employment contract, may circumvent the...

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