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UNION CARBIDE CORP. v. UGI CORP.

No. 83-1383.

731 F.2d 1186 (1984)

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UGI CORPORATION, AmeriGas, Inc. and James A. Sutton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strasburger & Price, Ernest R. Higginbotham, Wilson W. Herndon, Dallas, Tex., Walter F.X. Healy, Gen. Counsel, Ugi Corp., Valley Forge, Pa., for defendants-appellants.

Rain, Harrell, Emery, Young & Doke, Marshall M. Searcy, Michael V. Powell, Robb L. Voyles, Dallas, Tex., Harvey Belkin, Law Dept., Union Carbide Co., Danbury, Conn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, TATE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants UGI Corporation, AmeriGas, Inc., and James A. Sutton appeal a preliminary injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (1976). The district court enjoined Sutton, who formerly worked for Union Carbide (Carbide), from disclosing, revealing, or utilizing Carbide's trade secrets or confidential information in any situation where AmeriGas would be competing against Carbide in the industrial gas industry. Appellants raise two issues:...

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