1105-06 (7th Cir.1997); Anderson v. Burton Assocs., Ltd., 218 Ill.App.3d 261, 161 Ill.Dec. 72, 578 N.E.2d 199, 203 (1991); see also Korogluyan v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 213 Ill.App.3d 622, 157 Ill.Dec. 690, 572 N.E.2d 1154, 1161 (1991). 13 . See Northern Trust Co. v. VIII South Mich. Assocs., 276 Ill.App.3d 355, 212 Ill.Dec. 750, 657 N.E.2d 1095, 1104 (1995). 14 . See id. 15 . Id. 16 . Jespersen v. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., 288 Ill.App.3d 889, 224 Ill.Dec. 85, 681 N.E.2d 67, 71 (1997) (citing Alderman Drugs, Inc. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 161 Ill.App.3d 783, 113 Ill.Dec. 704, 515 N.E.2d 689 (1987)) (emphasis added), aff'd, 183 Ill.2d 290, 233 Ill.Dec. 306, 700 N.E.2d 1014 (1998). See also Digital Equip. Corp. v. Uniq Digital Tech., Inc., 73 F.3d 756, 759-60 (7th Cir.1996) (<HOLDING>); Gordon v. Matthew Bender & Co., 562 F.Supp.
holding that an attorney approval clause in a contract for the sale of real estate was a part of that contract and would have to be satisfied for the underlying contract to be enforceable recognizing that the elements of a claim for breach of contract are 1 existence of a valid contract and 2 breach of the terms of that contract holding that a termination clause allowing for termination of a distributorship contract at the end of any year could not be modified by the duty of good faith even though the manufacturer relied on the contract and invested 1 million in facilitating the needs of the contract holding that for a suit to be brought in the venue in which the contract was to be performed the contract must expressly state where the performance of the contract was to occur holding that even though certain corporate formalities had not been complied with in the execution of the subject contract the corporation had knowledge of the existence of the contract and treated it as a valid and binding contract and thus ratified the contract by accepting the benefits thereunder