Hecny Transportation, Inc. v. Chu’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.3d 402 · 2005
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Romero · Esmark, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Pepper Source · Hystro Products, Inc. v. MNP Corp. · 214 Ill. App. 3d 815 - Pederson v. Paragon Pool Enterprises
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) General rule. — Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary and other law of this Commonwealth providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) Exceptions. — This chapter does not affect: (1) contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; (2) other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or (3) criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he ITSA preemption provision 'does not apply to duties imposed by law that are not dependent upon the existence of competitively significant secret information.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an assertion of trade secret in a customer list does not wipe out claims of theft, fraud, and breach of the duty of loyalty that would be sound even if the customer list were a public record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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