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XL DISPOSAL CORP. v. JOHN SEXTON CONTRACTORS

No. 78505.

659 N.E.2d 1312 (1995)

213 Ill.Dec. 665

168 Ill.2d 355

XL DISPOSAL CORPORATION (W. Robert Blair, Appellant) v. JOHN SEXTON CONTRACTORS COMPANY (John Sexton Contractors Company et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Angst, Steven J. Ellison and Susan A. Weber, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for appellant.

Frank L. Winter and Michael T. Reynolds, Law Offices of Victor J. Cacciatore, Chicago, for appellee John Sexton Contractors Co.

Daniel S. Hefter, Chicago.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

As part consideration for assets of a business, the buyer, Sexton Contractors Company, agreed to pay an attorney who had done legal work for the seller, XL Disposal Corporation. Sexton later challenged the legality of the payments. We hold Sexton cannot challenge the payments for the reasons it asserted.

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