FOREST LABORATORIES, INC. v. PILLSBURY COMPANY

Nos. 71-1318, 71-1319.

452 F.2d 621 (1971)

FOREST LABORATORIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee (Cross Appellant), v. The PILLSBURY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant (Cross Appellee).

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Lund, Minneapolis, Minn., C. Willard Hayes, Washington, D. C., Arthur H. Seidel, Milwaukee, Wis., Michael D. Ellwein, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant-appellant-cross appellee; Quarles, Herriott, Clemons, Teschner & Noelke, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel.

Arthur A. March, New York City, Maurice J. McSweeney, Milwaukee, Wis., Howard Solomon, New York City, James P. Brody, Foley, Sammond & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee-cross appellant.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, a corporation engaged in producing and packaging effervescent sweetener tablets, sued defendant Pillsbury Company, the well-known manufacturer of food products, alleging that Pillsbury had purloined certain Forest trade secrets.1 Apart from an antitrust count that was subsequently dismissed, the complaint was based on diversity of citizenship, and the parties are in accord that Wisconsin law is governing...

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