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FRENCH v. BEATRICE FOODS CO.

No. 87-2735.

854 F.2d 964 (1988)

Paul L. FRENCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEATRICE FOODS, CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. McCabe, Rolling Meadows, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jean F. Holloway, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Paul L. French filed an action for retaliatory discharge in the Northern District of Illinois against his former employer, Beatrice Foods Co. — the appellee. French relied on diversity of citizenship as a basis for jurisdiction in the district court. Beatrice filed a motion to dismiss the complaint arguing that the substantive law of Alabama, which was the appropriate law to apply in this action, did not recognize an action...

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