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BANE v. FERGUSON

No. 89-1653.

890 F.2d 11 (1989)

Charles A. BANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard G. FERGUSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Leighton argued, Neal & Associates, Chicago, Ill., Susan B. Magary, Wayzata, Minn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard G. Ferguson, Hinsdale, Ill., for Richard G. Ferguson.

Miriam F. Miquelon, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Harvey M. Silets argued, Locke E. Bowman, III, Silets & Martin, Michael A. Pope, Mark D. Blumberg, Phelan, Pope & John, Stanley L. Ferguson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal from the dismissal of the complaint (see 707 F.Supp. 988 (N.D.Ill.1989)) is whether a retired partner in a law firm has either a common law or a statutory claim against the firm's managing council for acts of negligence that, by causing the firm to dissolve, terminate his retirement benefits. It is a diversity case governed by the law of Illinois, rather than a federal...

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