ELECTRO-CRAFT CORP. v. CONTROLLED MOTION

Nos. C7-81-894, C0-81-1188.

332 N.W.2d 890 (1983)

ELECTRO-CRAFT CORPORATION, Respondent, v. CONTROLLED MOTION, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maun, Green, Hayes, Simon, Johnanneson & Brehl, Richard D. Donohoo and Garrett E. Mulrooney, St. Paul, for appellants.

Leonard, Street & Deinard, Harold D. Field, Jr., and Michael A. Nekich, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


COYNE, Justice.

Respondent Electro-Craft Corporation ("ECC") sued appellants Controlled Motion, Inc. ("CMI") and CMI's president, John Mahoney, (a former employee of ECC) for misappropriation of trade secrets. ECC claimed that CMI and Mahoney improperly copied the designs of ECC's electric motors. The district court found that misappropriation had occurred and also found appellants in contempt for violating a temporary restraining order. We reverse the order for judgment...

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