BROWN v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY


403 A.2d 1114 (1979)

Elliott E. BROWN, Plaintiff Below, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY, Defendant Below, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.

Robert Jacobs, of Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool, Wilmington, and Paul E. Knag, of Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Conn., for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, McNEILLY and HORSEY, Justices.


McNEILLY, Justice:

In this action, plaintiff seeks an accounting for proceeds allegedly due him under the terms of an agreement, which he allegedly entered while employed by defendant Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (ODECO) and which concerns certain inventions allegedly designed by him for ODECO.* The Court of Chancery granted partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff and ODECO appeals, contending that it has been deprived...

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