Mid-America Marketing Corp. v. Dakota Industries, Inc.

MORGAN, Justice.

This case is before us on the petition of Mid-America Marketing for rehearing. The parties will be referred to herein in the same manner as they were referred to in the original opinion. The factual history of the case is detailed in Mid-America Marketing v. Dakota Industries, Inc., 281 N.W.2d 419 (S.D.1979), and can be capsulized as follows.

Mid-America (respondent) brought an action against Dakota Industries and LaMaur, Inc. (appellants) seeking damages for the (1) unauthorized disclosure and (2) use of a trade secret in breach of confidence for breach of an implied contract.…