WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. BURNS

No. 1:06-CV-634.

457 F.Supp.2d 806 (2006)

The WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Timothy BURNS, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Loren Christlieb, Littler Mendelson, PC, Chicago, IL, John E. Dewane, Dewane Peterson McMahon & Cullitan PLC, St. Joseph, MI, for Plaintiff.

Stephen C. Mitchell, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Columbia, SC, James M. Honeycutt, Fisher & Phillips, Charlotte, NC, Stephen S. Muhich, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendant.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.

On August 29, 2006, Plaintiff Whirlpool Corporation obtained a temporary restraining order from the Berrien County Circuit Court enjoining Whirlpool's former employee, Defendant Timothy Burns, from beginning employment with Electrolux, and from disclosing any of Whirlpool's trade secrets or other confidential and/or proprietary information.

After Burns removed the case to federal court on the basis...

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