SCHMIDT v. AMERITECH CORP.

No. 96-2067.

115 F.3d 501 (1997)

Thomas SCHMIDT, Cynthia Schmidt, and Jeri Lynn Richie, individually and in her capacity as an officer/agent of Riley Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Reflections Salon of Beauty, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERITECH CORPORATION, Herbert Mazanke, and William Gerlich, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Harrison (argued), Harrison Law Offices, Woodstock, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Benjamin Ghess (argued), Susan Irion, Adam Kingsley, Ameritech Corporation, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

We have moved some distance from the days when an employee "sold his soul to the company store" when he was hired. Plaintiffs Thomas and Cynthia Schmidt may have thought otherwise, however, when defendant Ameritech Corporation decided to use its unique access to its Message Unit Detail, or MUD, records to investigate what Thomas was doing while he was on a leave of absence from his Ameritech job. Thomas and Cynthia began this suit for...

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