Legal Opinion
Daktronics, Inc. v. McAfee
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1999No. 20620PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMUNDSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Miles McAfee and David Baker appeal trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Daktronics for claims relating to development of a baseball pitch speed indicator. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] In March 1988 Baker, a baseball coach at Bacone College in Oklahoma, contacted Daktronies by letter expressing he had an idea which Daktronies would be interested in, but was unable to provide further information without disclosing the idea in its entirety. In April 1988 Baker initiated a meeting with Daktronies, where Baker disclosed an idea of a pitch speed indicator that…
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