ROCKWELL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC. v. DEV INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90-1499.

925 F.2d 174 (1991)

ROCKWELL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEV INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED; Press Machinery Corporation; and Robert Fleck, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Warnecke, William P. Oberhardt, Deborah S. Ruff, John M. Augustyn, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., Richard A. Speer, Pittsburgh, Pa., R. Paul Eck, Cicero, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Louis B. Garippo, Lydon & Griffin, Stephen P. Carponelli, James E. Hussey, Carponelli, Krug & Adamski, James J. Flynn, Quinn, Jacobs, Barry & Miller, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Lawrence S. Wick, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Chicago, Ill., Frederick T. Stocker, Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, Inc., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, Inc.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for misappropriation of trade secrets. Rockwell Graphic Systems, a manufacturer of printing presses used by newspapers, and of parts for those presses, brought the suit against DEV Industries, a competing manufacturer, and against the president of DEV, who used to be employed by Rockwell. The case is in federal court by virtue of the RICO ("Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations") statute. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 ...

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