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CAPITAL TOOL & MFG. CO., INC. v. MASCHINENFABRIK HERKULES

No. 87-2608.

837 F.2d 171 (1988)

CAPITAL TOOL AND MANUFACTURING CO., INC., a Virginia corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MASCHINENFABRIK HERKULES, Hans Thoma GMBH; Christoph Thoma; Roy A. Ridgeway, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Whitfield Davis (Cheryl G. Ragsdale, Hunton & Williams, Raymond R. Robrecht, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Roger Keith Rutledge (Rutledge & Rutledge, Gregory L. Lyons, Gerald A. Dechow, Gardner, Moss & Rocovich, P.C., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Capital Tool and Manufacturing Co. (Capco), a developer of automated controls for industrial machinery, brought this action against Roy A. Ridgeway, an engineer formerly employed by Capco and presently working for Herkules Controls, and against Maschinenfabrik Herkules, a manufacturer of industrial machinery and the parent company of Herkules Controls. Capco contends that Ridgeway is wrongfully using its trade secrets in his new employment...

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