Legal Opinion
Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. Cheney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1980PublishedCited by 488 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Packaging Industries Group, Inc. (P.I. Group), and its subsidiary, Packaging Industries Engineering, Inc. (P.I. Engineering), commenced this action against P.I. Group’s former vice president for engineering, Paul E. Cheney, 2 seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, as well as damages. The plaintiffs claim (1) that Cheney has established a competing business in derogation of the goodwill of a former business allegedly sold by Cheney to P.I. Group, (2) that Cheney has appropriated to his own use the plaintiffs’ trade secrets, and (3) that Cheney has violated his fiduciary duties as…
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