New Method Laundry Co. v. MacCann
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County; W. S. Wells, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
This is an appeal upon the judgment-roll in an action for an injunction.
The case involves the same general equitable doctrines considered in Empire Steam Laundry v. Lozier, 165 Cal. 95, [Ann. Cas. 1914C, 628, 44 L. R. A. (N, S.) 1159, 130 Pac. 1180]), and Cornish v. Dickey, 172 Cal. 120, [155 Pac. 629]. It was held in the former ease that a certain list of customers along a laundry route constituted a trade secret which was the absolute property of the laundry operating the route, and that the laundry was entitled to a judgment perpetually enjoining a driver, who had left its employ, “from in…
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