TATOM v. AMERITECH CORP.

No. 00-3843.

305 F.3d 737 (2002)

Michael TATOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERITECH CORPORATION and Ameritech Information Systems, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Elizabeth Reynolds (argued), Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, Chicago, IL, Beverly N. Ballantine, Littleton, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Deborah Gage Haude (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Benjamin Ghess, Neal & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After announcing his early retirement from Ameritech Corporation ("Ameritech") in January 1997, Michael Tatom ("Tatom") accepted a job with U.S. West. Because Ameritech considered U.S. West to be one of its competitors, it informed Tatom that he would not be paid his annual incentive award for 1996. In addition, Ameritech decided to cancel the unvested stock options that the company had issued to Tatom pursuant to its Long Term...

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