United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for the plaintiff in a trade secret case is reversed after a finding that a reasonable jury could have determined that the defendant, an independent contractor, knew that the plaintiff company treated at least some of the data it provided him as trade secrets.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/11/2006
• Decided 02/22/2006
• Published 02/22/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey D. Harty, Christine Lebron-Dykeman (argued), McKee, Voorhees & Sease, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James F. Boyle (argued), Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.