Legal Opinion
Sims v. MacK Truck Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1980No. Civ. A. 75-985, 78-2575PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Defendant Mack Truck has renewed its motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ claims for conversion of trade secrets and other means of unfair competition. These claims, which comprise Count II of the amended complaint in Civil Action 75-985 1 are here on remand for “further proceedings” consistent with the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Sims v. Mack Truck Corp., 608 F.2d 87 (3d Cir. 1979).
On Count I the Third Circuit reversed this court’s decision sustaining Sims’ patent claims, 459 F.Supp. 1198 (E.D.Pa.1978) holding that…
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