ST. PETERS v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 95-2222.

77 F.3d 184 (1996)

William ST. PETERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee W. Barron, L. Thomas Lakin, Gail Renshaw (argued), Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Vincent H. Venker, II, Coburn & Croft, St. Louis, MO, Thomas M. Zulim (argued), Shell Oil Company, Legal Department, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

William St. Peters brought this breach of contract action against his former employer, Shell Oil Company, alleging that Shell breached the terms of an enforceable contract when it terminated his employment without following progressive disciplinary procedures set forth in an "Employee Information Booklet" (the "handbook"). At the conclusion of St. Peters' case, the district court concluded that the handbook provisions did not create...

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