SAIN v. NAGEL

No. 95 C 2247.

997 F.Supp. 1002 (1998)

Kenneth SAIN, Leroy Camel, Jr. and Howard W. Carroll, Plaintiffs, v. Christopher NAGEL, Robert Bach, Molten Metal Technology, a Delaware Corporation, and John T. Preston, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Roche, Gary Steven Caplan, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Charles S. Bergen, Brooke A. Adams, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Christopher Nagel, Robert Bach.

Paula Enid Litt, Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, IL, P. Sabin Willett, Sarah E. Mizner, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, for Defendants Molten Metal Technology, John T. Preston.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

I. Background

This case is about the maneuvers of men who envision the possibility of transforming an idea into a fortune. In the early 1980s, defendants Robert Bach and Christopher Nagel met at Wayne State University in Michigan where Bach was an Organic Chemistry professor and Nagel was a student. In 1986, Bach and Nagel (the "Inventors") patented a process that they invented for the...

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