Legal Opinion
American Red Cross v. Palm Beach Blood Bank, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 16, 1998No. 96-5092PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity case, we review the propriety of a preliminary injunction entered against one blood bank to prohibit it from using “trade secret” donor lists compiled by another, competing blood bank. On appeal from the district court’s injunction, defendant-appellant argues both that plaintiff-ap-pelle.e’s lists are not protectable trade secrets and that the injunction is impermissibly vague. We vacate the injunction and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant-appellant, Palm Beach Blood Bank, Inc. (“Palm Beach”), is a…
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