Vogue Instrument Corp. v. Lem Instruments Corp.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MANSFIELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a manufacturer of electric brakes and clutches used in space vehicles, has sued three former employees (Everett, Miele and Lowell *) and their recently formed competitor (Lem Instruments Corp.) for treble damages under §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and for injunctive relief under § 4 of the Clayton Act. The gist of plaintiff’s claim is that the individual defendants conspired to destroy plaintiff’s business by various means, including (1) inducement of plaintiff’s customers, and particularly the Leach Corporation, an Apollo Moon Project…