Goldberg v. Stevens’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 1973
most recently cited
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · Basic Foods Sales Corp. v. Moyer
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“Goldberg’s claimed right to suppress Stevens’ evidence has it genesis in the Pennsylvania common law concerning covenants not to compete and not in any federal law. Whether or not evidence acquired by Stevens from his former employer is admissible in the federal antitrust suit is a completely different question than whether or not Stevens has a duty to his former employer to refrain from divulging such information. The former question turns solely upon evidentiary rules which are not directly concerned with the source of the offered information, but rather with its relevancy, materiality, competency, etc. The latter question, in contrast, turns solely upon the source of the information, its nature, the circumstance under which it was acquired, etc.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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