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GARRATT v. KNOWLES

No. 00-2835.

245 F.3d 941 (2001)

Reg G. GARRATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James E. KNOWLES, Nancy Knowles, Charles L. Knowles, Katherine Knowles Strasburg, Margaret Knowles Schink, E. Lawrence Keyes, R. Euguene Goodson, Defrees & Fisk and John W. Hupp, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dom Rizzi, Miller, Faucher, Cafferty & Wexler, Matthew E. VanTine (argued), Saunders & Monroe, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel N. Janich (argued), Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Reg G. Garratt brought suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, alleging that the Board of Directors of Knowles Electronics, Inc., as well as their attorneys, had violated state law by amending a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") to escape from paying Garratt approximately $1.85 million. The defendants removed the case to the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on the ground that Garratt's action was of...

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