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WILKIN v. SUNBEAM CORPORATION

No. 8504.

377 F.2d 344 (1967)

Kathleen K. WILKIN, Appellant, v. SUNBEAM CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Widdowson, Wichita, Kan. (Everett C. Fettis and Robert C. Allan, Wichita, Kan., with him on brief), for appellant.

Malcolm Miller, Wichita, Kan. (Robert C. Foulston, Wichita, Kan., George R. Clark and Walther E. Wyss, Chicago, Ill., with him on brief; Foulston, Siefkin, Powers, Smith & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., and Mason, Kolehmainen, Rathburn & Wyss, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and HILL and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.

HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

This action is based on a species of fraud.1 The appellant complains that the appellee obtained secret information, in the nature of a trade secret, given in confidence, and used by appellee for its benefit and to the appellant's damage.

The appellant, Wilkins, is a school teacher, housewife and homemaker who conceived a device novel to her.

The appellee, Sunbeam, is a corporation which manufactures...

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