United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging retaliatory discharge and tortious interference with employment, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not identify any illegal acts which he was asked to commit, for which a retaliation claim could be brought; 2) state law did not provide a whistleblower exception to the employment-at-will doctrine; and 3) plaintiff did not make out a claim for tortious interference.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2008
• Published 11/19/2008

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel L. Bolinger (argued), Bolinger & Associates, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven L. Jackson (argued), Baker & Daniels, Kathleen M. Anderson (argued), Jason T. Clagg, Barnes & Thornburg, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.