RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC. v. ROWLAND

Nos. 71-1973, 71-2034.

460 F.2d 697 (1972)

RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., Appellant, v. Leroy J. ROWLAND and Rowland Enterprises, Inc., Appellees. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., Appellee, v. Leroy J. ROWLAND and Rowland Enterprises, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold James, New York City (James & Franklin, New York City, and Charles H. Gibbs, and Sinkler, Gibbs, Simons & Guerard, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Charleston, S.C. (Gibson, Gibbs & Krawcheck and Vernon R. Scott, Charleston, S.C., and T. Russell Foster, on brief), for Leroy J. Rowland and Rowland Enterprises, Inc.

Before RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, District Judge.


FIELD, Circuit Judge:

Charging the defendants with appropriation and exploitation of its secret apparatus and manufacturing method, the plaintiff Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. instituted this action against Leroy J. Rowland and Rowland Enterprises, Inc. asking for injunctive relief against their further use or disclosure of the trade secret. The complaint further sought a declaratory judgment of ownership and an order directing the defendants to assign to the plaintiff...

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