Legal Opinion
Whirlpool Corp. v. Burns
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 27, 2006No. 1:06-CV-634PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.
On August 29, 2006, Plaintiff Whirlpool Corporation obtained a temporary restraining order from the Berrien County Circuit Court enjoining Whirlpool’s former employee, Defendant Timothy Burns, from beginning employment with Electrolux, and from disclosing any of Whirlpool’s trade secrets or other confidential and/or proprietary information.
After Burns removed the case to federal court on the basis of diversity of citizenship, the temporary restraining order was extended to enable the parties to engage in limited discovery prior to the Court’s…
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