POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit for fraud (the governing substantive law being that of Illinois) arising out of a falling-out between two brothers, Patrick and Thomas Halperin. Each owned one-third of the common stock of Commercial Light Company. A third brother, Daniel, owned the other third; he is not a party to the suit.
Commercial Light was a substantial family-owned electrical contractor, founded by the brothers' grandfather, that has...
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