DOWD & DOWD, LTD. v. GLEASON

No. 82347.

693 N.E.2d 358 (1998)

181 Ill.2d 460

230 Ill.Dec. 229

DOWD & DOWD, LTD., Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Nancy J. GLEASON et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Heap, Bell, Boyd and Lloyd, Chicago, Jeffrey M. Marks, Chicago, for Nancy J. Gleason.

Douglas G. Shreffler, Chicago, for Douglas G. Shreffler.

Scott J. Szala, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, for Dowd & Dowd, Ltd.

Dennis A. Rendleman, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois State Bar Association.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., a law firm, brought this action against two of its former members, Nancy J. Gleason and Douglas G. Shreffler, and the law firm that they formed, Gleason, McGuire & Shreffler, following their departure from Dowd & Dowd. The plaintiff sought imposition of a constructive trust on the new firm's fee income, an accounting, and compensatory and punitive damages for breach of...

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