Legal Opinion
Elm City Cheese Co. v. Federico
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 26, 1999No. SC 15951PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ J.
The defendants, Mark Federico and Lomar Foods, Inc. (Lomar), appeal from a judgment enjoining them for a period of three years from disclosing, using or selling information found by the trial court to be a trade secret, which Federico learned throughout his association with the named plaintiff, Elm City Cheese Company, Inc. (Elm City),1 and its owners, Richard and Suzanne Weinstein.2 The principal issue before us is whether the facts found establish a trade secret as that *61term is defined in General Statutes § 35-51 (d).3 We conclude that they do.
The trial court found the…
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