Legal Opinion
Ventura Manufacturing Company v. Locke
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 22, 1970No. 14858PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARROW, Chief Justice.
Ventura Manufacturing Company brought this suit to enjoin its former employee, Bruce M. Locke, his present employer, B. B. Saxon Company, Inc., and one of Saxon’s employees, Charles M. Watkins, from the use of certain “trade secrets” acquired by Locke during his employment with Ventura. This appeal is from the denial of a temporary injunction after a non-jury trial.
In April, 1968, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation formed Ventura as a wholly owned, but autonomous Texas corporation to create hard-core employment. Lockheed’s Georgia Division was in production of the C-5…
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