Legal Opinion
Vendo Co. v. Stoner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 29, 1973No. 71-396PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Abrahamson
Plaintiff (“Vendo”) brought this action in August 1965 in the circuit court of Kane County to recover damages for defendants’ breach of non-competition covenants. By amendments to the complaint filed a few months later, Vendo alleged theft by defendants of valuable trade secrets and appropriation of them to their own use and to that of Lektro-Vend Corporation. Following a bench trial the court entered judgment against both defendants, Harry Stoner (“Stoner”) and Stoner Investments, Inc. (“Stoner Investments”) for $1,100,000 and costs and against Stoner for $250,000. (An injunction was also…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Shaw v. Jones, Newton & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- The Vendo Co. v. StonerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
- Fiore v. City of Highland ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- McCook Window Co. v. Hardwood Door Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1964
- People ex rel. Kastning v. MilitzerIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Vendo Company v. StonerIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Lektro-Vend Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. The Vendo Company, a Missouri CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Vendo Co. v. Stoner Investments, Inc. (In Re Stoner Investments, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
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