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ADCO OIL CO. v. ROVELL

No. 03-2575.

357 F.3d 664 (2004)

ADCO OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ROVELL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 2004.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Rose, Chicago, IL, Stanley M. Ward, Norman, OK, E. Vance Winningham (argued), Winningham & Stein, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.

Lisa I. Fair (argued), Rovell & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Adco Oil Company developed a means to increase the recovery of natural gas from underground deposits and assigned this intellectual property to Hugoton Joint Venture 1986(HJV), in exchange for a partnership interest: Adco was entitled to 20% of any returns exceeding $1.1 million. Adco hired Guy Taylor as legal counsel to negotiate on its behalf (and HJV's) to market its idea to Mobil Oil Company. According to Adco, Taylor bungled the job...

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