Earl Scheib, Inc. v. Superior Court

McCOY, J. pro tem. *

In an action now pending in the respondent court petitioner, Earl Scheib, Inc., sued to enjoin the defendants Smee, Aeuff and Carcoa, Incorporated, from unfair competition and use of trade secrets. Summarily stated, plaintiff is a nationally-known, publicly-held company specializing in automobile painting, and claims to have expended considerable funds in accumulating a vast amount of di£ficult-to-obtain information relating to its business, and has evolved a superior method of analyzing this information, which is confidential and not readily available to its competitors.…