Legal Opinion
Nucor Corporation v. Tennessee Forging Steel Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1975No. 74-1718PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This matter is before us for a second time. When it was first here, Nucor challenged the refusal of the District Court to enjoin the defendants from using architectural plans owned by Nucor. On the basis of the record, as then developed, we held that Nucor’s architectural plans for its Grapeland plant were protected by common law copyright, and that the plans drawn for the defendant Tennessee Forging, by a Gene Klettner King, infringed upon that copyright. We also held that William R. White, a former employee of Nucor, had breached an implied duty not to disclose…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Thornton v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Raines v. ToneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- City of Texarkana v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Jones v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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