SANDLIN v. JOHNSON

No. 12702.

141 F.2d 660 (1944)

SANDLIN et al. v. JOHNSON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 27, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyree G. Newbill, of Kansas City, Mo., and Reuben Singer, of Philadelphia, Pa. (W. Arnold Brannock, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellants.

Charles W. Gerard, of Kansas City, Mo. (Roy E. Hamilton, of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, THOMAS, and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The action is one for an injunction, accounting of profits, and damages, for using and disclosing an improvement in a poultry-picking device, which plaintiffs claimed to have discovered and kept a trade secret, but which they had revealed to defendant in alleged confidence during licensing negotiations with him. The district court held that plaintiffs could have no possible cause of action against defendant, because the discovery did not constitute...

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