Eastman Co. v. Reichenbach
New York Supreme Court
Action by the Eastman Company against Henry M. Beichenbach and others. Judgment for plaintiff. The plaintiff brings this action to restrain the defendants from using, or in any manner disclosing or imparting to any one, any secret or information as to any processes or formulae used by the plaintiff in its business of manufacturing photographic supplies, and especially in its business of making emulsion and film, which had been imparted to or acquired or discovered by them…
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Action by the Eastman Company against Henry M. Beichenbach and others. Judgment for plaintiff. The plaintiff brings this action to restrain the defendants from using, or in any manner disclosing or imparting to any one, any secret or information as to any processes or formulae used by the plaintiff in its business of manufacturing photographic supplies, and especially in its business of making emulsion and film, which had been imparted to or acquired or discovered by them while in the employ of the plaintiff or its predecessor in business. The plaintiff is, and since the 5th day of December,…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
This case is invested with questions so interesting, and with consequences so important to all the parties interested, as to fully justify the large expenditure of time and labor which has characterized the trial and submission of the same; and, as introductory to" any discussion of the facts or law, the court desires to acknowledge its obligations to counsel for the very elaborate and careful briefs which have been submitted, and which in their arrangement of facts and reference to precedents have been helpful beyond measure. It would seem that an orderly and intelligent disposition of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Peabody v. NorfolkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Tabor v. . HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Bristol v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Jarvis v. PeckNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
- Hammer v. BarnesNew York Supreme Court · 1863
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