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STATE EX REL. AMPCO METAL v. O'NEILL

273 Wis. 530 (1956)

STATE EX REL. AMPCO METAL, INC., Petitioner, vs. O'NEILL, Circuit Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief by Fairchild, Foley & Sammond of Milwaukee, attorneys, and Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis of Chicago, Illinois, of counsel, and oral argument by Steven E. Keane and by David E. Beckwith, both of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there were briefs by Whyte, Hirschboeck & Minahan of Milwaukee, attorneys, and Victor M. Harding of Milwaukee, and Antonow & Weissbourd of Chicago, Illinois, of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Harding and Mr. Weissbourd.

CURRIE, J.

If Ampco is required to give evidence in public as to the nature of its trade secrets which it seeks to protect in the pending circuit court action, such public disclosure will destroy the value of such trade secrets so sought to be protected. In Cincinnati Bell Foundry Co. v. Dodds (1887), 19 Wkly. Law Bull. 84, 10 Ohio Decisions Reprint, 154, 155, Judge TAFT, later chief justice of the United States supreme court, declared: "The property in a secret...

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