Northern Petrochemical Company v. William F. Tomlinson

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

Northern Petrochemical Company brought this diversity action against William F. Tomlinson, William A. Oswald and Surfact-Co., Inc., to obtain redress for their theft of trade secrets and other confidential information. As part of its relief, Northern moved for an injunction pendente lite restraining the defendants from use or disclosure of the stolen matter. This appeal was taken from the decision of the district court to deny injunctive relief prior to trial. Primarily at issue is whether the district judge was correct in his conclusion that Northern had failed to…