BELLINE v. K-MART CORP.

No. 90-3331.

940 F.2d 184 (1991)

Frank G. BELLINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K-MART CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogdan Martinovich, Ray & Glick, William J. Provenzano (argued), Provenzano & Associates, Libertyville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan E. Lapidus, Carol L. Van Hal (argued), Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 22, 1991.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Our task in this diversity case is to divine the contours of the rather amorphous Illinois common law tort of retaliatory discharge. Frank Belline brought suit against his former employer, K-Mart Corporation, claiming that he was fired from his job in retaliation for reporting to K-Mart management suspicious behavior on the part of his supervisor. K-Mart assumes the truth of Belline...

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