STUART C. IRBY CO., INC. v. TIPTON

Nos. 14-1970, 14-2682.

796 F.3d 918 (2015)

STUART C. IRBY COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Brandon TIPTON; Wholesale Electric Supply Company, Inc.; John Doe, 1-5; Michael Gilbert; Stephen Padgett; Kurt Blumfelder; Gary Cummings, Defendants-Appellees. Stuart C. Irby Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Brandon Tipton; Wholesale Electric Supply Company, Inc.; John Doe, 1-5; Michael Gilbert; Stephen Padgett; Kurt Blumfelder; Gary Cummings, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim M. Boyle , argued, New Orleans, LA, ( Jeffrey L. Spillyards , Rogers, AR., Mark D. Fijman , Jackson, MS., W. Thomas Siler, Jr. , Jackson, MS, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gary D. Corum , argued Little Rock, AR, ( Brent Maurice Langdon , Melissa G. McPherson , Texarkana, TX, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOLLMAN and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges, and GRITZNER, District Judge.


In this appeal, we consider claims brought by an employer after several of its employees left to work for a competitor. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all claims and awarded them attorneys' fees and costs. We conclude that granting summary judgment to the defendants was inappropriate and...

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