Wheelabrator Corporation v. Fogle

OPINION

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

In this diversity action Wheelabrator Corporation (“Wheelabrator”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Indiana, seeks injunctive relief against James W. Fogle, a domiciliary of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and Southern Steel Shot, Inc., a Louisiana corporation not yet actually doing business.

Plaintiff primarily seeks to restrain Fogle, a former employee, from using or disclosing what it alleges are trade secrets and confidential processes. Plaintiff also seeks to restrain Fogle from violating the non-competition clause of his employment…