Legal Opinion
Hudson Hotels Corporation v. Choice Hotels International, and Robert Hazard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 11, 1993No. 1216, Docket 92-9258PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLEN B. BURNS, Senior District Judge:
In this diversity action, the Defendants-Appellants, Choice Hotels International, Inc. (formerly known as Quality Inns International, Inc. (“Quality”)) and Robert Hazard (“Hazard”) appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Telesca, J.) entered on September 28, 1992 in the amount of $2,500,000 in favor of the Plaintiff-Appellee, Hudson Hotels Corp. (“Hudson”), for misappropriation of a trade secret following a jury trial. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
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