LAMB-WESTON, INC. v. McCAIN FOODS, LTD.

No. 91-35476.

941 F.2d 970 (1991)

LAMB-WESTON, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. McCAIN FOODS, LTD.; McCain Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corinne Chandler, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, San Francisco, Cal., Alan L. Unikel, Harold C. Wheeler, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Rohde, Ramsey M. Al-Salam, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Wash., David Canary, Bogle & Gates, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, BEEZER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Lamb-Weston's attempt to spiral ahead of its competitors was allegedly thwarted by the misappropriation by McCain of Lamb-Weston's trade secrets for manufacturing curlicue french fries. To keep Lamb-Weston from being left to twist in the wind before the trial on the merits, an eight-month preliminary injunction was imposed, barring McCain from producing or selling products made with the technology in question. McCain appeals and we...

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