Legal Opinion
Pope v. Alberto-Culver Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 27, 1998No. 1-97-0202PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Hara Frossard
On May 27, 1995, plaintiff H. Maie Pope filed a complaint against defendant Alberto-Culver Company for trade secret misappropriation in violation of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act (765 ILCS 1065/1 et seq. (West 1994)), breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Plaintiff alleges defendant misappropriated a proposal she submitted to the company which involved the dispensing of lye-based hair relaxer in a squeezable tube, using the tube to apply the product. She contends defendant misappropriated her proposal by introducing a similar product line after the company rejected her proposal. The…
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