MINNESOTA MIN. AND MFG. CO. v. RYNNE

Civ. No. 81-1118.

661 F.2d 722 (1981)

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, corporation of Delaware, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George B. RYNNE, an individual; Eco-Chem, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Eco-Chem, Ltd., a Georgia corporation; Macdermid of Bristol, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Ray, Ltd., Harry N. Ray, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants-appellants.

Merchant, Gould, Smith, Coell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A., Norman P. Friederichs, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation (hereinafter 3M) filed suit against George B. Rynne, a former employee, on September 3, 1980, for violation of an employment agreement and misappropriation of trade secret information. The complaint also named as defendants Eco-Chem, Inc., Eco-Chem, Ltd., and Macdermid of Bristol, Inc. The complaint alleged that George Rynne misappropriated certain proprietary information in conducting business through Eco...

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